US Supreme Court rejects Trump's decision to stop aid

The US Supreme Court has dealt a blow to the Trump administration’s attempt to halt the disbursement of several billion dollars in aid projects administered by USAID, which the White House considers to be pure corruption. The money must be paid out, the court ruled on Wednesday.

The shutdown of the USAID, which the Trump administration considers to be thoroughly corrupt, is part of a comprehensive project to cut government spending. For this purpose, a special agency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has been established under the leadership of entrepreneur Elon Musk.

According to previously classified documents, DOGE revealed that USAID was beyond redemption and had been run by what Trump referred to as “a bunch of radical lunatics” in a statement. However, the subcontractors who had their flows of taxpayer money cut off have been upset by the decision.

Supreme Court decision: The money must be paid out

Recently, with the help of officials at the Department of Justice, these subcontractors persuaded a federal judge, District Judge Amir Ali, to overturn the government’s decision to halt the multibillion-dollar disbursement. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court reviewed the ruling and chose to follow the same line – the money must be paid out.

However, the Supreme Court decision was made by the narrowest margin, with five judges against four. Nevertheless, there is a respite to make the payments instead of them having to be made immediately as the creditors demanded.

More legal cases to come

Additional legal cases are pending related to US aid activities that the Trump administration has inherited from previous governments and wants to dismantle or reduce. Projects affected by the aid cutoff but will now be able to continue include irrigation facilities in Ukraine and Nigeria, medical equipment to Vietnam and Nepal, and malaria control in Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, and Ethiopia.

The shutdown of USAID, however, affects the funding of several thousand projects not covered by Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling. In total, it involves up to $60 billion of American taxpayers’ money.