US foreign aid expected to be biggest casualty of Trump's first budget

US spending on overseas aid is expected to bear the brunt of dramatic cuts as part of Donald Trump’s plan to increase defence spending by $54bn in his upcoming budget.

The US operates the largest and most expansive overseas aid programme in the world, with a proposed federal spend of $50.1bn for 2017 alone (pdf). More than $18bn of that is made up of economic and development assistance, commonly referred to as humanitarian aid. A further $8.1bn was due to go towards security assistance.

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/feb/27/trump-first-b...