State Department Floats New Foreign Aid Framework

State Department leaders are beginning the process of shaping a new blueprint for programs and systems used to distribute American foreign aid.

Politico reports the effort has not been officially announced. The outlet said it obtained a document that outlines the major changes that, if put into practice, would change nearly every aspect of U.S. foreign aid programs.

President Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20, the day he ordered the sweeping changes.

The opening line of the executive order reads, "The United States foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values."

The order points to contradictory efforts funded by taxpayer dollars: "They serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among countries."

The Department of Government Efficiency's review of the waste at the U.S. Agency for International Development is the target of court battles.

The Politico report said the new prioritization plan appears to be in line with what Trump has indicated he wants in place and could affect U.S. access to energy sources.

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