President Donald Trump has notified Congress of his intent to use a rarely invoked power to cancel nearly $5 billion in congressionally approved foreign aid.

Trump intends to use a “pocket rescission,” which has been invoked only in limited circumstances during the past half-century, to cancel funding that, according to the New York Post, includes:

Initiatives the Trump administration has deemed wasteful include $24.6 million for “climate resilience” in Honduras and $3.9 million to promote democracy among LGBT people in the Western Balkans, the Post reported. There’s also $2.7 million for a South African organization that published inflammatory racial articles including “The Problem with White People.”

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