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'Trump's aid budget is breathtakingly cruel – cuts like these will kill people'
President Trump’s new budget plans take particular aim at foreign aid spending, proposing an overall cut of 32% to all civilian foreign affairs spending. Facing extensive criticism from Republicans and Democrats alike for the budget’s draconian vision, Trump’s budget chief Mick Mulvaney defended the proposal by arguing it should be judged not “by how much money we spend, but by how many people we actually help.”
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Then there's this:,,,,,,,," Reports of mismanagement and pervasive corruption -- Afghans flying off with suitcases of foreign aid cash to buy luxury villas in Dubai or Ugandan Prime Minister Patrick Amama Mbabazi forced to apologize when his staff stole $13 million in aid money -- feed the perception that foreign aid is not money well spent."