Sources: US Withholding $105 Million in Security Aid for Lebanon
Source: Reuters
Friday, 1 November, 2019 - 05:30
US President Donald Trump's administration is withholding $105 million in security aid for Lebanon, two US officials said on Thursday, two days after the resignation of Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
The State Department told Congress on Thursday that the White House budget office and National Security Council had decided to withhold the foreign military assistance, the two officials told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The officials did not say why the aid was blocked. One of the sources said the State Department did not give Congress a reason for the decision.
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One US official told Reuters he believed the security assistance was necessary for Lebanon, as it struggles with instability not just within its own government but in a turbulent region and houses thousands of refugees from war in neighboring Syria.
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)many countries is he doing this to?
Edited to add I don't enough about the geopolitical politics of the area. And Putin is pulling all the strings.
DeminPennswoods
(15,246 posts)nt
Perhaps Putin told him to do it or maybe even Netanyahu. Trump seems to be beholden to so many tyrants around the world and they all appear to be pulling his strings.
no_hypocrisy
(45,786 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(48,790 posts)Experienced State Dept staff may have recommended this and tRump probably has nothing to do with it.
If he does, it will come out soon. You can be sure D staffers are taking a look.
Stay focused on known facts and investigations. Let's not be distracted by speculation about things that might not mean anything.