The US Foreign Ministry is expected to propose unprecedented scaling of the diplomatic reach of Washington, reporting Tuesday several intelligence centers, closing programs and embassies around the world to reduce the budget by almost 50 percent.
The proposals contained in the internal department of the Ministry, which is stated to be in serious discussion of higher officials, would eliminate almost all funding of international organizations such as the UN and NATO.
Financial support for international peacekeeping would be limited together with the financing of educational and cultural exchanges, such as the Fulbright Program, one of the most prestigious US scholarships.
The plan comes with President Donald Trump, who is pushing a wider attack on government spending and scaling of the main American role on the international scene.
However, the American Foreign Services Association called the proposed cuts “ruthless and dangerous”, while the former US Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul Odložil Odložil “Giant Gift for the Chinese Communist Party”.
The Memorandum states that the Foreign Ministry will require $ 28.4 billion in the fiscal year 2026, starting on October 1 – $ 26 billion less than the number 2025, according to the New York Times.
Although it has nothing to say about humanitarian aid, programs of solving tropical diseases, providing vaccines to children in developing countries and promoting the health of mothers and the child would go, the times reported.
USAID – A large development agency monitored by Trump and Muskem – is assumed that the authors of the notes were fully absorbed into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Washington Post said.
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However, the proposals are likely to appear major negotiations on the budget 2026.
The government department faced the date of this week to send its plans to the White House for cuts, but the Foreign Ministry still has to make any public announcements.
It is not clear whether Foreign Minister Marco Rubio approved a note of April 10, but he would have to unsubscribe for any cuts before the congress can consider them.
According to Outlet PunchBowl News, 10 embassies and 17 closure consulates, including missions in Eritrei, Luxembourg, South Sudan and Malta, characterize the document.
Five consulates set aside for closure are in France, while two are in Germany, Punchbowl reported. The list also includes missions in Scotland and Italy.
In Canada, the US consulates in Montreal and Halifax would be reduced to “provide” to the last mile “with minimal local support,” the website states.
US missions to international authorities, such as the organization for economic cooperation and development and the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, would be merged with diplomatic bases in the city where they are located.
AFP contacted the Foreign Ministry to comment, but there was no immediate answer.
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