Trump – Matthew Brunwasser

Support for US President Donald Trump appears to be holding steady among the Myanmar-Americans who voted for him in 2024, despite the administration’s gutting of aid and travel bans on their home country.

By MATTHEW BRUNWASSER | FRONTIER MYANMAR

One of Donald Trump’s big promises in the leadup to last year’s presidential election was that, if elected, he would conduct the largest immigrant deportation drive in United States history. Just two days before the November 5 poll, he promised supporters, “The day I take the oath of office, the migrant invasion ends.”

An executive order by United States President Donald Trump has halted foreign aid programmes around the world, sowing chaos among the humanitarian community and its beneficiaries in Myanmar and Thailand.

By MATTHEW BRUNWASSER | FRONTIER MYANMAR

More than a week has passed since United States President Donald Trump issued an executive order immediately freezing all international aid pending a 90-day review. Since then, humanitarian organisations working on Myanmar have been scrambling to grasp the repercussions of the sudden edict.

“It’s pandemonium,” said an aid worker who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue.

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An executive order by United States President Donald Trump has halted foreign aid programmes around the world, sowing chaos among the humanitarian community and its beneficiaries in Myanmar and Thailand.