Even if the president’s freeze is reversed, experts say it will damage the country’s reputation—and put U.S. national security at risk. The Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid has left humanitarian organizations in the lurch,

Confusion is rife after Trump signed the Reevaluating and Realigning United States Foreign Aid executive order freezing foreign aid as part of a reassessment of America's financial commitments abroad, in line with the administration's "America First" stance.

The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued amid President Donald Trump’s freeze on US-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.