The Trump administration has presented a plan to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for US aid projects as part of its dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID).
He said the UK had spent years “unravelling that strategic mistake” after Boris Johnson merged DFID with the Foreign Office in 2020.
“We have spent years unravelling that strategic mistake. Development remains a very important soft power tool. And in the absence of development... I would be very worried that China and others may step into that gap.
The Trump administration’s plans would see thousands of workers lose their jobs, with fewer than 300 positions left in USAID to administer humanitarian aid programmes around the world.
Trump is also facing a backlash after he issued sanctions against officials at the International Criminal Court (ICC).
The move has triggered condemnation from the ICC, who has said it “stands firmly by its personnel and pledges to continue providing justice and hope to millions of innocent victims of atrocities across the world.”
Asked if the Prime Minister was opposed to Trump’s view, a Number 10 spokesman said on Friday: “Ultimately, that’s a matter for the US.
“Therefore, we’ve got no plans to sanction individual court officials.”
On Thursday Trump signed an order to impose sanctions, after The Hague’s investigations into Israel during the war with Hamas.
The order signed by Trump accuses the ICC of engaging in “illegitimate and baseless actions targeting America and our close ally Israel” and of abusing its power by issuing “baseless arrest warrants” against Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant.
The order says the US will impose “tangible and significant consequences” on those responsible for the ICC’s “transgressions”.
It is the second time the US president has targeted the court.
During his first term of office he imposed sanctions on former prosecutor Fatou Bensouda and one of her deputies, over an investigation into crimes allegedly committed in Afghanistan.
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