On Tuesday, January 28th, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt declared that the Trump administration had halted a $50 million government payment for "c0ndoms in Gaza. Continue reading
Leavitt told reporters that the newly established Department of Government Efficiency and the Office of Management and Budget "discovered that there was approximately $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza."
That is a ridiculous waste of public dollars. Being prudent stewards of tax dollars is the main goal of this prohibition.
In what the White House has described as an attempt to bring federal spending in line with the administration's goal under the DOGE and Office of Management and Budget, U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed a broad freeze on domestic grant and overseas aid programs.
The U.S. Agency for International Development does not name Israel or Gaza as recipients of its family planning and reproductive health program, which is implemented in 41 countries.
In order to prevent disease or harm, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services advises visitors to "Israel, including the West Bank and Gaza" to bring "latex c0ndoms" with them.
According to reports, Hamas sent firebombs into Israel in 2020 using condoms inflated with helium.
After Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) urged the president to "revisit" his decision on Monday to remove the security details of former officials under threat from Iran, Leavitt stated that Trump plans to stick with his decision during the first White House news conference of the new administration.
Leavitt stated that he does not think security details for people who have spent the rest of their careers in the government should be paid for by American taxpayers.
Nothing is preventing these people you mentioned from acquiring private security.
Leavitt responded that the Trump administration was not considering looking into Biden administration officials who funded the U.N.'s Palestinian aid organization UNRWA or removing Yemen's Houthi rebels from the State Department's list of designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations."Given that the Houthis are unquestionably terrorists, it wouldn't be a bad idea," she stated.