President Donald Trump returned to his pre-election threat to end all aid to three Central American countries whose citizens have helped make up migrant caravans – although funds have been appropriated by Congress.
The president went after Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, which all have struggled economically and suffered turbulent politics that have been linked to U.S. interventions.
The countries have also been the origins of migrant 'caravans' that Trump blasted during the campaign, and brought up once again in the midst of a partial government shutdown that could now run through the new year.
The three countries 'are doing nothing for the United States but taking our money,' Trump railed on Friday.
President Donald Trump threatened to cut off funding for three Central American countries amid a partial government shutdown, accusing them of 'taking our money' and failing to stop another caravan
'Word is that a new Caravan is forming in Honduras and they are doing nothing about it. We will be cutting off all aid to these 3 countries - taking advantage of U.S. for years!' the president tweeted, after earlier railing about a border wall with Mexico that is the source of the standoff with congressional Democrats.
The countries get funds through USAID, a development agency that is one of many programs under the auspices of the State Department.
According to a Bloomberg News report from October, the U.S. gave $175 million in foreign aid to Honduras last year, with another $249 million going to Guatemala and $115 million to El Salvador.
The U.S. aid is meant to bolster strong governance and fight corruption – in part to improve the region's economy and also to discourage some of the mass migrations that have inundated border checkpoints.
Honduran migrants take part in a caravan heading to the US with Honduran and Guatemalan national flags in Quezaltepeque, Chiquimula, Guatemala on October 22, 2018
Trump fumed that the trio of Central American countries were 'taking our money' and 'doing nothing' about caravans
Under current law, there is a mechanism for the State Department to hold back a quarter of funds if the secretary doesn't certify progress in lowering illegal immigration. Up to half of all funds can be held back if the administration determines they are violating anti-corruption practices.
Earlier Friday, Trump returned to a threat to close the nation's southern border if he doesn't get his wall money from Congress.
The federal government is partially shut down in Washington and remain that way until next week at least. Lawmakers have avoided the capital since Christmas in recognition of the reality that they are nowhere ending the fight with Trump with a spending deal.
Trump warned as the weekend began that he'll close every port of entry if he doesn't see progress not only on his wall but on a total immigration overhaul as he claimed once more that the dispute is totally political in nature and has nothing to do with their claims that his desired border barrier would be impractical.
'We will be forced to close the Southern Border entirely if the Obstructionist Democrats do not give us the money to finish the Wall & also change the ridiculous immigration laws that our Country is saddled with,' he said in a long tweet. 'Hard to believe there was a Congress & President who would approve!'
Trump made a similar declaration about the politics of the argument on Thursday afternoon, claiming that 'everybody knows' that walls 'work perfectly' while offering a prediction that his point of view would be vindicated in 2020.
'This isn’t about the Wall, everybody knows that a Wall will work perfectly (In Israel the Wall works 99.9%). This is only about the Dems not letting Donald Trump & the Republicans have a win,' he proclaimed. 'They may have the 10 Senate votes, but we have the issue, Border Security. 2020!'
The president spent the afternoon haranguing Democrats for the 'stupidity' that he said was driving them to oppose his strategy for keeping out illegal immigrants via a wall that he says he needs at least $5 billion to finish.
'They don’t have much to campaign on, do they? An Open Southern Border and the large scale crime that comes with such stupidity!' he wrote in one of several tweets that he sent over a three-hour period.
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Main photo article President Donald Trump returned to his pre-election threat to end all aid to three Central American countries whose citizens have helped make up migrant caravans – although funds have been appropriated by Congress.
The president went after Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, which all have s...
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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