US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration's decision to cut aid to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
Washington Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the Trump administration's decision to cut aid to Central American countries in a Friday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper on"The Lead," dismissing data that shows aid has lowered murder rates and migrant flows to the US in the past.
Tapper cited State Department statistics that show that after the US launched an aid program to El Salvador, homicide rates went down and the number of migrants fleeing to the US dropped as well. Similar results were seen in Honduras and Guatemala, the other two"Northern Triangle" countries to which the Trump administration announced April 1 that it will cut aid.Tapper asked Pompeo if the aid cuts were"self-defeating" given past results.
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