Trump says foreign aid ‘probably just stolen’ by Central American leaders

Published November 4, 2018 10:16pm ET



President Trump vowed to reduce foreign aid to Central American countries whose citizens are marching toward the U.S. border, saying Sunday that the money “is probably just stolen” by corrupt leaders.

“We pay these countries by the way — Honduras, El Salvador — we pay these counties hundreds of millions of dollars, which by the way we will be stopping very soon,” Trump said at a campaign rally in Georgia.

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