In the days after President Trump ordered a pause on nearly all U.S. foreign aid, Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggested that scrutiny on the money the U.S. spends abroad is a matter of plain self-interest.
"Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions," Rubio said in a State Department press release. "Does it make America safer? Does it make America stronger? Does it make America more prosperous?"
