Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes
The Trump administration is reportedly attempting to redirect $175 million in State Department human rights funding toward conservative and right-wing causes. These grants include support for anti-communist funds and groups advocating for white Afrikaner rights in South Africa.
Why it matters
The report suggests a significant ideological shift in how the US defines and funds human rights initiatives, potentially impacting international relations.
Afrikaner refugees from South Africa hold American flags as they arrive at Dulles airport in Washington last May. Afrikaner refugees from South Africa hold American flags as they arrive at Dulles airport in Washington last May. US foreign policy Top Trump figures push to direct human rights funding to rightwing causes Support for white Afrikaners, anti-communism and others reveals how US redefining what qualifies as human rights
Prefer the Guardian on Google With hours left before the funding expires, the Trump administration is pushing to direct more than $175m of the state department’s flagship human rights fund to a slate of awards that includes a massive $40m grant for an anti-communism fund, support for a group advancing white Afrikaner rights in South Africa, a campaign against Brazil’s supreme court, and programs that would reward ideological allies in Europe who protect “western civilisational norms”.
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