
During a Politico event at the Munich Security Conference, Democratic Sen. Chris Coons expressed strong condemnation of the Trump administration's decision to freeze foreign aid, calling it 'immoral,' 'illegal,' and 'quite likely irreversible.'
Coons highlighted that the shuttering of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) without consulting Congress was deemed unlawful. He referenced a 2024 bill he co-authored that specifically prohibits restructuring, reorganizing, or defunding USAID without prior consultation with Congress.