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Setback to Trump government in America from court, instructions to pay $2 billion to USAID and State Department partners
America: A federal judge in America has given the Trump government until Monday to pay $2 billion to USAID and State Department partners. With this decision on Thursday, the six-week ban imposed by the administration on foreign aid has also ended. Let's know about this in detail.
It has set a deadline for the Trump administration to make a payment of $2 billion to State Department and USAID partners by Monday. This Thursday's decision brings to a close the six-week halt in foreign aid ordered by the administration. This decision can be a massive test for the Trump administration.
US District Judge Amir Ali ruled in favor of non-profit organizations and companies that had brought a suit to halt the funding. The move by the administration has forced organizations across the globe to shut services and lay off thousands of workers. The questions by the court during its hearing put into question the contention by the Trump administration that presidents have broad power to reject congressional foreign policy spending, like foreign aid.
"It would be an earth-shaking, nation-shaking proposition to say that appropriations are optional," Ali said, commenting on the government's argument. "My question to you is, where in the constitutional document are you getting this?" he asked government lawyer Indranil Sur. Thursday's order comes in a case that is expected to include more decisions on the administration's rapid termination of 90 percent of USAID contracts worldwide.
