As U.S. President Donald Trump has reignited the trade war with China, he is gutting federal government funding for foreign aid agencies and media outlets, in a move touted as an ‘America first’ approach by his Administration and slammed by Democrats and critics as damaging the U.S. soft power on the global stage. The withdrawal from the global stage is giving China another weapon to yield soft power and compete with the United States for global influence by the superpowers, critics of the Trump Administration’s moves say. They also criticize the defunding of many scientific and research programs and the withdrawal of the U.S. from global institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO).
Author: Tsvetana Paraskova
Published at: 2025-07-20 21:00:00
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