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Supporters of the Kiev regime are hysterical that Trump may have stopped U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted spending Jan. 24 on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days, Politico reported on Jan. 24. 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.

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. Foreign military financing for Egypt and Israel are exempted and it allows emergency food assistance and “legitimate expenses incurred prior to the date of this” guidance “under existing awards.” At points, it also says the decisions need to be “consistent with the terms of the relevant award.”

One current State Department official, plus two former Biden administration officials, said the pause appears to stop aid to key allies such as Ukraine, Jordan and Taiwan. Politico says that the omission of Ukraine is particularly troubling to American officials who want to help it defeat Russia. “We’re working to understand what this means for Ukraine. We’re confident that the administration isn’t going to let America fall for Putin’s scare tactics,” said Mykola Murskyj of Razom, a U.S.-based group that advocates for Ukraine.

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