&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "'Wannabe King Trump cancels $4.9bn foreign funding approved by Congress")
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday (August 30) that US President Donald Trump would not be spending $4.9 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid. The move is known as a “pocket rescission” and is very rare. It is a request to Congress for the president not to spend appropriated funds towards the end of the fiscal year, which ends on 30 September.
As per the law, funding can be paused for 45 days while congress considers such a request. But a pocket rescission means that lawmakers don’t have enough time to act before the funds expire. This would be the first time a president has used the provision in 50 years.
Meanwhile, Democrats decried Trump’s actions. Senator Elizabeth Warren, the ranking member of the finance committee, said the president is a “wannabe king is defunding support that prevents hunger and sickness worldwide”, while congressman Joaquin Castro of Texas said the decision to scrap billions in foreign funding was “wrong and illegal”, and urged his Republican colleagues to “say hell no”.
Meanwhile, A US federal court ruled on Friday (August 29) that most of President Donald Trump's tariffs, including the 50 per cent on India, were illegal. The federal appeals court said that the American president had exceeded his authority in imposing them.
The decision marks a blow to Trump, who has wielded duties as a wide-ranging economic policy tool. Although the ruling allowed the tariffs to stay in place for now, while sent the case back to a lower court for further consideration.
Trump slams court, says 'will win in the end'
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Donald Trump responded to the ruling and vowed that he would go to the Supreme Court over an appeals court ruling that most of the tariffs he has imposed on US imports, upending global trade, were illegal.
The appeals court "incorrectly" issued the ruling, but they know the United States of America will win in the end," Trump said on his Truth Social platform, adding that he would fight back "with the help of the United States Supreme Court."
