Trump last week paused development assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) for 90 days to assess compatibility with his "America First" policy, setting alarm bells ringing among aid groups around the world that depend on U.

In his first week in office, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a 90–day freeze on U.S. foreign aid to review whether the distribution aligned with his foreign policy. Ukraine was among the many countries receiving the aid distributed through the U.

Pentagon officials assured that the reduction in aid to Ukraine, resulting from Donald Trump's decree, affects grant aid but not military support. The ambiguity surrounding the U.S. President's decision worried Ukrainians.