Hours after he took office last week, US President Donald Trump announced Temporary On almost all external aid as part of the “First America” ​​agenda, temporarily stopping billions of dollars in global financing.

“President Trump has clearly stated that the United States will no longer come out blindly out of money without the return of the American people.” statement From Foreign Ministry spokesman Tami Bruce.

“Reviewing and reorganizing external assistance on behalf of the diligent taxpayers is not just the right thing to do, but rather an ethical necessity.”

The world’s largest donor’s donor decision has sent the world’s largest donors all over the world, with relief groups warning that this step will endanger a life. In 2023, Washington spent $ 72 billion in foreign aid across approximately 180 countries.

During the next three months, Foreign Minister Marco Rubio It will review and take a call about whether to “follow up, modify or end them,” according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Last Friday, Rubio sent a cable to embassies all over the world to stop American projects that support health, education, development, security assistance and other efforts.

Emergency food programs, such as those used to help people with medium famine in the war -torn Sudan, are exempt, as well as military aid to close American allies and Egypt.

The Associated Press reported that Rubio agreed to add more exemptions, allowing temporary financing for humanitarian programs that provide life and food saving medicines, among other services.

Rachel Bonfield, an older colleague at the World Development Center, told Al -Jazeera that even “most work defenders” of American aid can realize that not all programs work well and can stop.

However, raising the implementation of the system has put people who rely on aid in a “very dangerous situation where they may die.”

It is not over to say that if a child gets malaria [and] It appears to the clinic managed by the American Agency for International Development, that clinic no longer exists. She explained that this child has been closed and did not get a drug for malaria.

Here is what we know about stopping in external assistance and its effects:

How is the aid and any countries get what you get what?

A large part of American aid was disbursed in 2023 in the form of economic aid ($ 59.9 billion), as Ukraine received more than $ 14.4 billion from the USAID Agency (USAID).

The second highest recipient, Jordan, received $ 770 million of economic aid through the United States Agency for International Development. Yemen and Afghanistan received $ 359.9 million and $ 332 million, respectively.

Aid is disbursed through various federal departments such as the Pentagon and agencies such as the United States Agency for International Development, which received the most funding at 42.45 billion dollars, followed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ($ 19 billion) and a treasury ($ 2.17 billion).

According to the sector, the largest number of funding for economic development is provided for $ 19 billion. Health receives the second highest financing at $ 16 billion, while humanitarian aid is 15.6 billion.

In addition to economic aid, the United States gave $ 8.2 billion of military aid to its allies around the world, nearly half of them received Israel and Egypt.

How many American aid goes to Egypt and Israel?

The United States has committed to granting Israel $ 3.8 billion in annual military aid until 2028, according to a memorandum of understanding signed under the leadership of President Barack Obama.

An additional military aid of $ 17.9 billion was provided to Israel amid the destroyed war in the country on the Gaza Strip, according to Buna University War costs report.

Since the founding of Israel in 1948, the United States owns A grant about 120 billion dollars in military aid.

Egypt was the second highest future for US military aid for $ 1.2 billion since the signing of the 1978 Camp David agreement, which saw that Cairo became the first Arab country to recognize Israel.

The United States has also provided Egypt with financial assistance since the 1978 treaty.

What are the initiatives that get the most American aid?

Among the programs that will be affected by the President’s Emergency Emergency Plan (Pepfar), which has received about $ 120 billion since its launch in 2003. Pepfar is believed to be the largest health program in the world, since its launch by President George W. Bush, and has provided 25 million people, Including 5.5 million children, in at least 50 countries.

Amfar, the basis for AIDS research, criticized the freezing on PePfar, saying that “hundreds of thousands of people will not be able to reach HIV treatment and save life immediately.”

The Orom Institute, a non -profit organization operating in Ghana, Mozambique and South Africa in World Health Research on HIV and tuberculosis, said it is “obligated” to stop activities in the United States’ projects.

“We acknowledge the uncertainty that you face and deeply apologize for the inconvenience. Aurum is committed to searching for solutions with other partners to face challenges as soon as possible.”

What is the reaction?

International aid organizations, including United Nations agencies, are scrambling to deal with the situation, some of which rush to reduce spending.

Philipo Grande, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, has sent an email overnight to employees who request immediate compensation for spending.

“We must continue with great care during the next few weeks to alleviate the impact of uncertainty in financing on refugees and displaced persons, and our operations and teams,” he said in an internal email message reached by the Guardian News outlet.

The United Nations Refugee Agency, which received $ 2.49 billion in the United States last year, provides life saving to 122 million people in at least 100 countries.

Last week, Abi McCman, President of Oxfam America, said that the freezing of financing “could have the consequences of life or death” for families all over the world. “By suspending foreign development assistance, the Trump administration threatens the life and future of societies in the crisis.

On Monday, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres called on the United States to consider additional exemptions “to ensure the continued provision of monetary development and humanitarian activities for the most vulnerable societies around the world.”

Meanwhile, Associated Press reported that at least 56 senior officials of the United States Agency for International Development have been vacated after a stampede to help organizations deal with freezing financing, seeking exemptions to secure clean water and continue to monitor bird flu.

Full cadres of leaders (about 60 officials) run the US International Development Agency office, for example, was placed on vacation, according to what he said Politico news port.

The Republican in Florida Brian Mast, head of the new Foreign Affairs Committee in the House of Representatives, said that freezing is necessary to ensure that “credits are not repeated, effective, and are compatible with President Trump’s foreign policy.”

Whether the 90 -day aid review will be extended or shortened, or whether the programs are resolved or recovered because Rubio announces more concessions for freezing, and Bonnifield from Al Jazerara International Development Center.

“Anything from 99 percent of the programs can be at the end of the review period … or it may be a more reorganization of the wallet. I think at this point, we have no idea where this is going.”

How US Foreign Aid has changed over the years

Washington provided loans, technical assistance and direct budget support, especially for developing countries to develop American interests for several decades.

In 2023, the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR), an American foreign policy research tank, said that the United States used the “foreign policy tool”.

US She provided 13 billion dollars for the economic recovery of Western European countries As part of the Marshall plan, which begins in 1948 after the destruction of World War II. Washington also helped rebuild Japan and reform its political institutions after Tokyo’s defeat in World War II.

During the Covid-19s, the United States adhered to $ 4 billion in humanitarian assistance to provide vaccines for “92 low and medium-income countries.”

American economic aid to Bangladesh was affected by the latest freezing, as the country of South Asia recovered from the deadly uprising in August 2023 that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Last year, Washington stopped more than 95 million dollars in Georgia’s assistance over a law called democracy.

“I think this temporary suspension may end up changing the relationship between other countries with the help of the United States,” Bonfield.

“If you do not see it reliable … it can be cut one day. You may still want it, but how you think about it and how you interact with it may look completely different. How does you think you think about America may change some extent.”