The Trump administration plans to shift $1.8 billion in foreign aid toward what it calls “America First” goals, according to a document sent to Congress in September. This is a big change in how the United States spends its foreign aid dollars, moving away from old programs that gave food, medicine, and money help to other countries.
The plan has several main goals. The government wants to put money into Greenland, an area full of valuable minerals that Trump says he wants the United States to buy. It also wants to fight what it calls “Marxist, anti-American regimes” in Latin America, meaning countries like Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Other goals include stopping people from crossing into the United States illegally and taking on China’s power over important minerals and technology like artificial intelligence.
