Trump’s foreign aid cuts could be ‘big strategic mistake’, says Lammy
Exclusive: Move allows China to further global influence, UK foreign secretary says on Ukraine visit
Donald Trump’s plans to make dramatic cuts to the United States’ international aid budget could be a “big strategic mistake” that allows China to step in and further its global influence, the UK foreign secretary has said.
David Lammy cautioned that Britain’s own experience of merging the Department for International Development into the Foreign Office, announced by Boris Johnson in 2020 with little fanfare, was a serious blow to Britain’s “soft power” in developing countries and beyond.
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