{"id":6020,"date":"2026-07-02T10:37:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:37:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6020"},"modified":"2026-07-02T10:37:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T10:37:37","slug":"after-gutting-foreign-aid-trump-goes-big-on-venezuela-earthquake-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6020","title":{"rendered":"After gutting foreign aid, Trump goes big on Venezuela earthquake relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The administration proclaimed itself a leader of the Western Hemisphere under the \u201cDonroe Doctrine.\u201d A natural disaster put that to the test.<\/strong><\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6015\">NASA stops the sky from falling<\/a><\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6017\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ef0d3d79beb7d3763ad0b045a1cf5977-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ef0d3d79beb7d3763ad0b045a1cf5977-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ef0d3d79beb7d3763ad0b045a1cf5977-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ef0d3d79beb7d3763ad0b045a1cf5977-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ef0d3d79beb7d3763ad0b045a1cf5977-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ef0d3d79beb7d3763ad0b045a1cf5977-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>A man stands amid debris at the site of a collapsed building in the aftermath of earthquakes in La Guaira, Venezuela, on Tuesday. (Ricardo Arduengo\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The humanitarian crisis gripping Venezuela after last week\u2019s earthquakes is testing President Donald Trump\u2019s claim of American leadership in the Western Hemisphere, as officials tout their surge of U.S. money and manpower to the country after gutting America\u2019s foreign assistance apparatus early in the administration.<\/p>\n<p>At first glance, the large-scale relief effort may be surprising as the Trump administration has championed a policy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/04\/15\/trump-un-trade-over-aid\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/04\/15\/trump-un-trade-over-aid\/\">\u201ctrade over aid\u201d<\/a> in its attempt to reimagine how Washington apportions the federal government\u2019s largesse.<\/p>\n<p>But the U.S. aid presence now in Venezuela \u2014 including search-and-rescue teams along with military and civilian logistical support \u2014<b> <\/b>is an example of the big, brash displays<b> <\/b>of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief<b> <\/b>that the administration says it favors over slower-paced development work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a definite \u2018Team America\u2019 element to a search-and-rescue deployment,\u201d said Jeremy Konyndyk, former head of disaster assistance at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which the Trump administration dismantled and shuttered within months of the president taking office. \u201c \u2026 It makes for good TV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another twist is Washington\u2019s newly close relationship with Venezuela, which has become tethered to the United States since a January military raid captured President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro. The Trump administration has fostered ties with the country\u2019s interim leader, Delcy Rodr\u00edguez, focusing on shared economic benefits, including the takeover of Venezuela\u2019s oil industry, and sidelining its exiled opposition leader Mar\u00eda Corina Machado.<\/p>\n<p>Trump emphasized this dynamic in the hours after the two quakes struck June 24, writing on social media that the U.S. would \u201cbe there for our new and great friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Capitol Hill, some in the president\u2019s own party have appeared more skeptical of this relationship, citing reports of Venezuelan officials stymieing the efforts of international rescue teams, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/01\/after-quakes-trap-venezuelans-government-blocks-rescuers-aid\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2026\/07\/01\/after-quakes-trap-venezuelans-government-blocks-rescuers-aid\/\">those from the U.S<\/a>. Such accounts are \u201cvery troublesome for the White House,\u201d Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar (R-Florida) told reporters this week, adding that it raised questions about where Rodr\u00edguez\u2019s \u201cheart is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the reports, John Barrett, charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, told reporters Wednesday that \u201clocal authorities have fully complied with our requests and have accelerated this massive humanitarian response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since returning to office, Trump has advanced a more assertive U.S. leadership role in the Western Hemisphere in a bid to dilute the influence of China and Russia. His supporters call it the \u201cDonroe Doctrine,\u201d a play on the 19th-century pledge by President James Monroe to protect America\u2019s neighboring nations from European colonial powers.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the Trump administration has radically overhauled the U.S. government\u2019s decades-old approach to foreign aid, and what remains is sharply scaled back in key areas, including global health, food aid and support for refugees around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Few have expressed doubt that the U.S. response to the Venezuelan earthquakes is substantial, though some experts question the metrics being used by the Trump administration to promote its claims that the relief effort is one of Washington\u2019s fastest and most robust in decades.<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy Lewin, a senior official with the State Department\u2019s foreign aid bureau, told reporters Monday that the $300 million the United States had pledged to spend on the relief effort was likely to grow significantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is, by really any estimate, at this point the largest response to any natural disaster the United States has mounted in this century in terms of personnel on the ground, money out the door [and] speed,\u201d Lewin said.<\/p>\n<p>It is unclear how the State Department arrived at that assessment. One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to describe internal discussions, pointed to the number of U.S. personnel \u201con the ground,\u201d including military staff, urban search-and-rescue teams and other U.S. government employees, as well as the initial pledge of monetary support.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Francis Donovan, the commander of U.S. Southern Command, told reporters this week that there were \u201croughly 2,000 teammates\u201d from the Defense Department in area to help with search and rescue. The U.S. military has used drones to aid those efforts and led the repair and reopening of an international airport in Caracas that had been inoperable due to damage.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6018\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e35e4153db73f72bc52e281e9571105b-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e35e4153db73f72bc52e281e9571105b-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e35e4153db73f72bc52e281e9571105b-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e35e4153db73f72bc52e281e9571105b-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e35e4153db73f72bc52e281e9571105b-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/e35e4153db73f72bc52e281e9571105b-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>A U.S. military V-22 Osprey flies over La Guaira, Venezuela, on Wednesday. (Ricardo Arduengo\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Sam Vigersky, a former USAID official now at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank, said that in 2010, when Haiti experienced a devastating earthquake, records show that the U.S. sent roughly 5,800 military personnel to help within five days \u2014 a figure significantly larger than those currently deployed to Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>The Obama administration deployed six search-and-rescue teams to Haiti, compared to the four in Venezuela, Vigersky said.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=6012\">Pape Gueye won\u2019t play again for Senegal under current coaches following World Cup loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>President Barack Obama also extended temporary protected status (TPS) to Haitian nationals after the earthquake, allowing tens of thousands of people to continue living and working in the U.S. by shielding them from deportation.<\/p>\n<p>Vigersky said that the different nature of the natural disasters in Haiti and Venezuela, as well as the political situations in the two nations, may explain disparate figures; the U.S. initially estimated more than 65,000 dead in Haiti, far more than the current toll of about 1,700 in Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>Even still, Vigersky said, \u201cVenezuela is a huge response by any measure.\u201d And with the $300 million in aid announced by the State Department so far, the Trump administration may well surpass early U.S. spending after the Haiti earthquake.<\/p>\n<p>However, only a third of that money appeared to be new funding for partner organizations in Venezuela, with the rest made up of previously announced assistance for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and other agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Representatives of both organizations said Wednesday that they had not yet received funding from the State Department.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6019\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ecfdb8f28a46d06e2b74ac17241f9d6-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ecfdb8f28a46d06e2b74ac17241f9d6-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ecfdb8f28a46d06e2b74ac17241f9d6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ecfdb8f28a46d06e2b74ac17241f9d6-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ecfdb8f28a46d06e2b74ac17241f9d6-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/7ecfdb8f28a46d06e2b74ac17241f9d6-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>A Samaritan&#8217;s Purse emergency field hospital is seen at the port of La Guaira in Venezuela on Wednesday. (Leonardo Fernandez Viloria\/Reuters)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Brittany Wichtendahl, a media relations contact for CRS, said that their \u201crequest is still in proposal form\u201d and they did not have a dollar figure yet.<\/p>\n<p>Franklin Graham, president and CEO of Samaritan\u2019s Purse, said his organization was in \u201cfinal discussions\u201d with the State Department for a $15 million funding agreement. \u201cWhile that has not been finalized yet, these funds would certainly enable us to do more and to help more people,\u201d Graham said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In response to a request for comment from The Washington Post, the State Department said that there were 1,900 personnel currently deployed to Venezuela and that the number of search-and-rescue teams sent to the region does not \u201csignify any perceived level of support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of personnel, financial support, and speed, the State Department\u2019s response has been swift and comprehensive,\u201d the State Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration drew criticism last year for a slower and smaller <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/03\/31\/myanmar-earthquake-thailand-usaid-trump\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/03\/31\/myanmar-earthquake-thailand-usaid-trump\/\">response to an earthquake in Myanmar<\/a> that occurred amid the dismantling of USAID. More than 5,000 were later estimated to have died in that disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters Monday, Lewin, the State Department official who oversaw much of USAID\u2019s dismantling, said politics and geography would play a role in the Trump administration\u2019s response to such disasters going forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVenezuela,\u201d he told reporters, \u201chas been part of our system and part of our hemisphere \u2026 it\u2019s one of our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lewin pointed to efforts in the Caribbean last year, where the State Department led a smaller disaster-relief effort after Hurricane Melissa struck the region. The new model, he explained, is to support these nations as \u201cquickly, efficiently, and accountably as possible, whenever these sudden onset disasters occur in friendly nations and our neighbors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Konyndyk, who now leads the nongovernmental group Refugees International, said he supported the administration spending big on the disaster-relief efforts underway in Venezuela. \u201cThere\u2019s a really powerful symbolism to it, in addition to being lifesaving,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>But in terms of dollars spent per life saved, the administration could do more if it also reinstated other forms of foreign assistance, Konyndyk added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe administration has fully cut off food aid to Somalia ahead of what could turn into a famine there,\u201d he said. \u201cYou could save exponentially more lives for dramatically less money in Somalia just by turning food aid back on there. 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