AP has learned about the Trump administration's plans to cancel more than 90% of USAID contracts

The administration of the American president Donald Trump plans to cancel more than 90% of the foreign aid contracts of the Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department. This was reported on February 27 by the agency Associated Press (AP) with reference to an internal memo from the administration.

It is noted that thus The United States is going to reduce the total amount of aid worldwide by almost $60 billion. 5,800 of the 6,200 multi-year USAID contracts worth $54 billion, as well as 4,100 of the 9,100 grants from the State Department worth $4.4 billion, will be canceled.

The agency clarified that in addition to stopping the financing of programs, the administration of the American leader also plans to suspend the majority of USAID employees through forced vacations and dismissals.

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Trump's decree on приостановкеWashington's plan for 90 days of assistance to other countries was published on January 20. On February 14, a federal judge in the United States ordered the administration of the American leader again href="https://iz.ru/1839135/2025-02-14/sudia-obiazal-belyi-dom-vozobnovit-zamorozhennuiu-pomoshch-drugim-stranam">направлять financing, noting that its suspension was sudden and illegal. The court then ordered the Trump administration разморозить foreign aid within two days due to non-compliance with the first court order. In addition, on February 3, the leader of the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), entrepreneur Elon Musk, announced launching the USAID liquidation process. The businessman noted that the agency is not subject to restoration and it needs to be closed.