The Executive Order signed by US which paused all further Foreign Aid for at least 90 Days will not apply to Israel or Ukraine

U.S. President Donald Trump has paused U.S. foreign development assistance for 90 days and ordered a review of aid programs to ensure they align with Washington's foreign policy priorities, according to an executive order published by the White House on Jan. 20.

Trump signed several executive orders shortly after being sworn in as the 47th president of the United States during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20.

Ukraine, which has received more than $17 billion in economic aid in 2023 amid Russian aggression, tops the list of U.S. development assistance recipients, official data shows. However, it is unclear which programs will be affected or what immediate impact the pause will have on Ukraine.

Since the federal budget is controlled by the U.S. Congress, the scope of potential funding cuts resulting from the order also remains uncertain.

In the order, Trump stated that "the United States foreign aid industry and bureaucracy are not aligned with American interests and in many cases antithetical to American values," without specifying any particular examples.

The executive order instructs department and agency heads responsible for U.S. foreign development assistance programs to "immediately pause new obligations and disbursements of development assistance funds to foreign countries and implementing non-governmental organizations, international organizations, and contractors pending reviews of such programs for programmatic efficiency and consistency with United States foreign policy."

Despite the pause on development aid, the U.S. has provided Kyiv with $66 billion in military assistance since the start of the full-scale war in 2022. Trump has previously suggested the possibility of reducing military aid to Ukraine and has vowed to disengage the U.S. from the conflict.

On Jan. 21, Andrii Kovalenko, the counter-disinformation chief at Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, clarified that the order does not affect Washington's military assistance to Ukraine.

"This is about other matters," Kovalenko wrote on his Telegram channel.