Two US officials said that the Trump administration can reduce approximately 50 percent of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs financing in the coming fiscal year, according to an internal memorandum that sets a plan to reduce it in a serious estimate by the leaders of the administration. The White House pressure plan has been put in place for large budget discounts.
The memorandum, obtained by the New York Times, suggests eliminating all funding for international organizations such as the United Nations and NATO, and ending a budget to support international peacekeeping operations and reducing all educational and cultural explanations of the administration, such as the Volibright Program.
It also suggests reducing assistance funding for humanitarian assistance and global health programs by more than 50 percent despite the pledges of Foreign Minister Marco Rubio that helping to save life will be preserved.
It was not clear whether Mr. Rubio approved the discounts described in the memo, which was dated April 10. The Maroco House, who supervised the overpowering government foreign aid programs before the administration left, and Douglas Petkin, responsible for planning the ministry’s budget, prepared the document. It was also not clear how serious the proposed cuts in Congress, which allocate federal dollars.
However, according to an American official who is familiar with the administration’s review, it is possible that the White House will send a proposal for the budget this spring very similar to what the memo determines in an attempt to pressure the legislators to give the official character to the efforts that are already taking place.
The agencies are facing a final date this week to provide detailed reorganization plans to the White House to explain the cuts they will to help reduce the federal government. While many departments have already announced or started implementing the planned cuts, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet inspected full plans to reduce. The memorandum is part of a process that involves the White House budget office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s proposals.
Reports on sharp cuts were already the Democrats in Capitol Hill.
Senator Jin Shaheen from New Hampshire, the largest democracy in the Foreign Relations Committee, said in a statement on Monday that the cuts “will leave our country alone and allow China and Russia to fill the vacant void by this administration.”
“Why in the world we will cut NATO financing in a moment when the war grows in Europe and the security threats on the continent grows?” She added.
“While Congress ultimately controls the wallet strings, recent reports on the administration’s plan for the individuals of the intestine, the American presence abroad and foreign assistance are very worrying,” said Senator Brian Shatz of Hawaii, a democratic of the credits committee.
“I want to hear directly from Minister Rubio,” he added.
A budget version of the memo began in Washington in recent days. Washington Post Details reported From the memo earlier on Monday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs had no immediate comment.
The memo states that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will request a budget of $ 28.4 billion in the fiscal year 2026, which begins on October 1. This number is less than 26 billion dollars than the books of the fiscal year 2025, according to the document.
The administration intends to review some funds for the current fiscal year as well, according to the memo. Mr. Maruko and Mr. Petkin wrote that the Trump administration will seek to restore approximately $ 20 billion in unknown funds from the 2025 fiscal year to return to the treasury.
Among other discounts, the memo proposes to maintain freezing and employment during 2026, with the exception of any necessary employment to assume external aid programs inherited by the United States Agency for International Development, which is resolved. In general, the memo seeks to reduce spending on foreign aid by more than half of the current budget level
Although Mr. Rubio promised last month that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continued to manage a number of life -saving aid programs, the Trump administration has quietly canceled some of these initiatives in recent weeks.
The only financing for the global health programs imagined by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is $ 2.9 billion for HIV treatments provided through the Emergency Plan for the President for AIDS relief; $ 687 million for interventions for diseases such as tuberculosis and malaria; 200 million dollars for global health security; And 800 million dollars for Global FundDistributed at a rate of $ 1 per 4 dollars in other donors. The global fund is an international organization that funds and prevents diseases.
All other programs – including those that treat neglected tropical diseases, provide vaccines for children in poor countries and maintain the health of the mother and the child.
The memo provides less details about the discounts in humanitarian aid. $ 2.5 billion is set for a new humanitarian aid office in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, $ 1.5 billion in emergency migration and assistance refugees that President Trump can use to “address human emergency situations.”
The memo also suggests a year freezing for the main drug control program, justifying the suspension of money by noting that the program has $ 1.4 billion on hand that must cover that period.
In addition, it imagines the creation of $ 2 billion in America’s first opportunities in the treasury, which would give the Trump administration’s latitude “to provide targeted support for economic and development assistance to the Trump’s permanent and emerging priorities.”
Stephanie Nolein The reports contributed.