On Tuesday, the White House justified a radical freezing in the abroad assistance of the USA. Uu. Citating a $ 50 million condom distribution program in the Gaza Strip, without offering evidence to support the claim.
The White House Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said the expense was discovered in Trump’s first week, even by the new government efficiency department led by the technological billionaire Elon Musk.
The Musk initiative and the Budget Office “found that there were about to be 50 million dollars of taxpayers who came out through the door to finance condoms in Gaza,” Leavitt told his debut press conference.
“That is an absurd waste of taxpayers’ money,” he said.
She did not provide more details and it was not possible to verify the account independently.
Conditions generally cost less than one dollar each in the United States and much less in bulk. Little more than two million people live in Gaza, almost all of which have been damaged in the 15 -month war with Israel.
Leavitt also said that the United States was about to dispense $ 37 million to the World Health Organization before Trump announced an expulsion from the UN agency.
Quickly after taking office, Trump ordered a 90 -day freezing in foreign assistance.
He has promised a review to ensure that the aid conforms to the policies of his administration, which opposes abortion, transgender rights and diversity programs.
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, in a memorandum on Friday, said that the United States was freezing almost all disbursements of help, except emergency foods and military aid to Egypt and Israel.
The UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres expressed concern about freezing the help from the United States, the world’s largest development assistance in terms of absolute dollar.
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