Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the Trump administration is cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras because the countries 'could do more' to mitigate the 'humanitarian crisis' at the southern border.
Washington Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Sunday that the Trump administration is cutting off aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, otherwise known as the Northern Triangle, because the countries"could do more" to mitigate the"humanitarian crisis" at the southern border.
On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the US would be cutting funding for the countries, blaming them for migrant caravans that have come to the southern border recently and saying the cuts were because"they haven't done a thing for us." Mulvaney, echoing the President's sentiments, said that"Honduras could do more. Nicaragua could do more. El Salvador could do more.
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