In Hurricane Melissa’s Wake, Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Face Critical Moment

In Hurricane Melissa’s Wake, Trump’s Foreign Aid Cuts Face Critical Moment

The storm’s devastation is a key test of the United States’ reduced humanitarian response abilities.

On a sunny day outside, a line of residents in a town in Jamaica hit by Hurricane Melissa works together to unload a delivery of food supplies. November 4, 2025, 11:27 AM Comment icon View Comments ( )

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How the United States responds to the devastation that Hurricane Melissa wreaked last week across the Caribbean, particularly in Jamaica, is shaping up to be a key test of the Trump administration’s ability to still provide essential international disaster relief after this year’s controversial dismantlement of the country’s humanitarian response infrastru