Lost in the tidal wave of stories about the Sept. 10th debate between Trump and Harris, and the commemoration of the anniversary of 9/11, was this maddening story on the continued weakness of this White House on the international stage. The Biden-Harris administration has quietly decided to give Egypt $320 million in military aid, despite that country not meeting most of the benchmarks on human rights we demanded they meet, among other issues.
This is the first time in almost four years that the U.S. has given Egypt the full amount of $1.3 billion, some of which is granted with “no conditions.” Here’s how the numbers break down, a State Department spokesman told the NY Times:
The first, totaling $980 million, is subject to no conditions and granted automatically.
An additional $225 million is subject to a variety of human rights conditions — the ones that Mr. Blinken would not…
