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Trump Foreign Budget: HIV Prevention Spared, U.N. And Others Lose Big

The fiscal plan "puts America first" by slashing funds from many (but not all) global health and development programs.

In the introduction to his proposed federal budget, President Donald Trump states clearly that he plans to spend far less abroad and on international issues than did previous administrations.

One of the five bullet points in the introduction to the document "America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again" states that the fiscal plan "puts America first by

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