AT the end of last week, the US State Department, in accordance with executive orders issued by President Donald Trump, directed a halt to all foreign aid spending pending a review of programs. While this was a drastic and potentially dangerous decision on its own, most people — including, apparently, our own naïve leadership, which has diplomatically expressed enthusiasm for "working with" the Trump regime — are unaware of what is really behind the "pause" in aid, and just how destructive it will be.