The U.S. State Department has halted funding for military aid to Ukraine for 90 days. They can't survive that long.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued new guidance on Friday to temporarily halt spending on most foreign aid for 3 months.
Military funding for Egypt and Israel will continue.
"Deep state" officials in the State Department were reportedly shocked after Marco Rubio issued the new guidance.
The new guidance is effective immediately.
“State just totally went nuclear on foreign assistance,” a State Department official said according to Politico.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday issued new guidance halting spending on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order, which shocked State Department officials, appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine.
Rubio’s guidance, issued to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign assistance awards,” according to the document, which was obtained by POLITICO. It is effective immediately.
It appears to go further than President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, which instructed the department to pause foreign aid grants for 90 days pending review by the secretary. It had not been clear from the president’s order if it would affect already appropriated funds or Ukraine aid.
The new guidance means no further actions will be taken to disperse aid funding to programs already approved by the U.S. government, according to three current and two former officials familiar with the new guidance.
This is a stark contrast to the last few years under the Biden Regime.
Joe Biden and Congress sent nearly $200 billion in aid and military assistance to Ukraine.
In September, the Biden Regime announced an eye-watering $8 billion in military aid for Ukraine during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington.
This massive giveaway comes as Americans continue to face economic hardships, skyrocketing inflation, and an unprecedented crisis at the southern border.
Since the onset of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Congress has approved nearly $175 billion in aid and military assistance for Ukraine.
That same Congress gave $750 to each family in North Carolina, destroyed by Hurricane flooding - to show you where their priorities actually are.
