Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes
Summary
The Trump administration is trying to spend over $175 million from the State Department’s human rights fund on groups that support rightwing causes worldwide. These grants include a $40 million award for an anti-communism group and support for controversial political programs in different countries.Key Facts
- The administration aims to award $176.9 million to 43 rightwing and conservative causes globally.
- The grants include support for a group that promotes white Afrikaner rights in South Africa and campaigns against Brazil’s supreme court.
- A $40 million grant is planned for the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation, an anti-communist nonprofit.
- These awards have been personally pushed by top Trump administration officials and have White House support.
- The funding shifts US human rights aid towards opposing immigration, regulation, gender rights, and promoting “western civilisational norms.”
- Senator Jeanne Shaheen criticized the plan, saying it misuses taxpayer money and could harm US relations with allies.
- Some grants target established democracies in Europe and back campaigns against courts, migration, and concepts labeled as “radical.”
- A young official overseeing the grants, Samuel Samson, has connections with groups receiving funding, though the administration denies conflicts.
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