A new request of Donald Trump to the American Congress It has caused reactions and at the same time significantly increases the risk of “paralysis” in the operation of the federal state in late September.
Specifically, Donald Trump asked Congress, USA, to approve additional cuts of $ 4.9 billion of funding programs for international aid, as it was today (29.08.2025) known by the White House.
The cuts “concern the Ministry of Foreign Affairs programs, as well as the United Nations Service for International Development and International Assistance programs”, explains the letter sent to the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives and was released by the White House budget office.
President Trump “will always put America first,” the office wrote in X.
Last night, President Trump CANCELLED $4.9 billion in America Last foreign aid using a pocket rescission.@POTUS will always put AMERICA FIRST! pic.twitter.com/1DvXYGdy3B
— Office of Management and Budget (@WHOMB) August 29, 2025
The Democratic had recently announced that Any intention by the US president to undo funds already approved by Congress would destroy any possibility of negotiation with them, In order to avoid the possibility of fiscal paralysis, the well -known “Shutdown” after September 30.
According to the New York Post, which revealed yesterday (28.08.2025) this evening, the vast majority of the cuts, 3.2 billion dollarsconcerns funds to the US Service for International Development (USAID).
Donald Trump has already suspended billions of dollars funded for international aid after returning to the White House and formally disrupted USAID, which has been absorbed today by the Foreign Ministry.