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In a stunning about-face, State Department officials said that President Donald Trump is cutting off all direct assistance to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
“At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY [fiscal year] 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle,” a State Department spokesperson told ABC News, referring to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We will be engaging Congress as part of this process.”
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These three countries are the primary source of migrants to the U.S., but for years the U.S. has worked with them to stabilize their political environments and economies and end violence and corruption so that migrants wouldn’t leave in the first place.
In other words, paying them off to have their people stay put isn't working.
Thank you again Mr. President for doing the right thing. Thank for cutting them off. Thank you for NOT sending our taxed money to these turd world ghettos. Hopefully this is just the beginning. Cut them off, Cut them off
I'm sure Texans will be celebrating when more low-cost labor heads their way due to the "ounce of prevention" money going away.
Win-Win. Sooner or later the Prez will sign some kind of Amnesty and then we will have more hard working Central Americans to juice our economy. I love it!
In a stunning about-face, State Department officials said that President Donald Trump is cutting off all direct assistance to the so-called Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala.
“At the Secretary’s instruction, we are carrying out the President’s direction and ending FY [fiscal year] 2017 and FY 2018 foreign assistance programs for the Northern Triangle,” a State Department spokesperson told ABC News, referring to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. “We will be engaging Congress as part of this process.”
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These three countries are the primary source of migrants to the U.S., but for years the U.S. has worked with them to stabilize their political environments and economies and end violence and corruption so that migrants wouldn’t leave in the first place.
In other words, paying them off to have their people stay put isn't working.
What a horrible guy. Think about the children in those countries.
Well, the first question is whether you believe anything Trump says? Obviously one cannot.
Here is some of the riff - looks like he is calling MORE aid less aid. Or, he says one thing, his advisors and congress another.
Bottom line is you will never know. It's red meat for dogs. The vast amount of "private" investment they are pointing to might be a Trump resort with the US Government (our trade missions) guaranteeing the funds!
"Public and Private" investment..."public" meaning our taxes.
"Trump said the funds totaled $500 million, but it wasn’t clear Friday if that figure was accurate. The State Department announced in December that the U.S. would mobilize $5.8 billion in public and private american investment to these three countries.
“We’re not paying them anymore because they haven’t done a thing for us,” he added.
His senior-most advisers, however, have carried a very different tune, talking very often about the importance of this assistance to stem the flow of illegal immigration."
It's case $3,265 of Trump using Bigly words and his followers thinking something is actually happening or making a difference.
What a horrible guy. Think about the children in those countries.
They need to do something about their children!
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