Trump threatens to cut off U.S. aid to Palestinian Authority

Donald Trump.
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On New Year's Day, President Trump accused Pakistan of giving the United States "nothing but lies and deceit" despite receiving billions in aid, and on Tuesday, he followed up with a similar rebuke of the Palestinian Authority.

"It's not only Pakistan that we pay billions of dollars to for nothing, but also many other countries, and others," he tweeted. "As an example, we pay the Palestinians HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get no appreciation or respect. They don't even want to negotiate a long overdue peace treaty with Israel."

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.