A senior State Department official confirmed to Breitbart News on Tuesday that, contrary to apocalyptic mainstream media reports of President Donald Trump abandoning efforts to improve the violent situation in Haiti, the State Department has granted foreign spending freeze waivers to allow continued support for the country.
Under Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the State Department is currently undergoing a massive review of its spending, ensuring that it is subsidizing programs that align with President Trump’s foreign policy. The review is similar to policies the Trump administration is implementing throughout the federal government as part of efforts to save American taxpayers’ money and ensure that the administration is advancing policies coherent with its worldview. As part of that review, however, Rubio has ensured that programs essential for American interests and regional security would not find themselves abruptly defunded; support for Haiti security operations is on that list of essentials.
The State Department has made public its financial support for Haiti security operations since at least February 5, including waivers to federal funding freezes, yet the Washington Post breathlessly reported this weekend that President Trump was weakening attempts to help Haiti through the unrelated halt of operations by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Post quoted an anonymous “aid worker” who claimed that attempts to streamline USAID were “a gift to the gangs” and omitted mention of Rubio’s waivers for security support. The newspaper also curiously claimed that some Haitians did not support receiving American aid due to concerns of “economic colonialism.”
Other similar reports have complained of the Trump administration ending programs meant to support transgender people in Haiti, which have no clear connection to the ongoing gang war.
The State Department confirmed to Breitbart News on Tuesday that Secretary Rubio approved waivers to funding freezes that allow Washington to continue funding anti-gang efforts. Breitbart News was able to view documentation proving the approval of the waivers. […]
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