Ilhan Omar, a Democratic member of the Democratic Party, said on Tuesday that it did not understand why Americans would support the demolition of US international development agencies (USAID).
President Donald Trump and Eron Mask, the government efficiency bureau, plans to fuse USAID functions with the State Department. When the host Brianna Keilar asked many messages to many “people who agree with this movement” in “CNN NEWS Central,” Omar did not express his understanding and criticized his decision instead. (Related: Exclusive: GOP SEN asks Rubio to investigate the “rapid” government agency that promotes abortion -promoted policies for foreign countries).
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“Well, I don’t know why they agree with philosophically. We are seeing this reckless decision that has taken the work of so many Americans working here and overseas.” Omar said. “These were people trapped from their own offices and were closed out of emails. We have a team of overseas crisis -friendly teams and their lives are at risk. Therefore, what Iron Mask is doing is to actually use the American life.
Omar also seemed to neglect the billions of dollars spent early in the segment.
“I think Americans understand that this money is less than 1 % of our budgets, although our budget is our country. It is money to go to the most vulnerable in the world. It has already been allocated and cannot be re -applied, “she said. “So we are now looking at the billionaire Iron Musque, who is trying to take resources from the poorest in the world. This is not a government official. He was not selected. He is not appointed, and he has a cautious eyes and curiosity. You need to understand why he is allowed to make these decisions. “
The USAID has the risk of funding a large -scale subsidy for Palestine’s initiative and Afghanistan’s aid program, traveling to the Taliban’s hand, and indirectly providing funds to the Uhan Research Institute.
In 2023, the United States discharged $ 68 billion external assistance, and more than $ 17 billion was sent to Ukraine. According to For USAID and statistics of the Ministry of State.
On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was appointed for USAID’s new performance Administrator。
“We spend money on taxpayers here,” he told the reporters while visiting El Salvador on Monday. “These are not Donaddle. These are taxpayers dollars, we are spending on American people, all dollars we spend overseas promoting our national interests. And so far, many people who work in USAID have just refused.
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