The US Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the Trump administration on foreign aid payments. Chief Justice John Glover Roberts Jr. ordered that $2 billion in work already completed under the State Department and the Agency for International Development (USAID) is not required to be paid immediately.

Earlier, District of Columbia Judge Amir Ali ordered the Trump administration to pay $2 billion for previously completed work by midnight Wednesday. However, the Trump administration filed an emergency appeal in the Supreme Court against it. Hearing it, the Chief Justice ordered in favor of the Trump administration's decision to freeze foreign aid payments. 

The Trump administration appealed to the court claiming that the federal judge overstepped his authority and interfered with the president's responsibility to make appropriate decisions about foreign aid. Hearing that, the Chief Justice said, "The judge has decided beyond his jurisdiction and has interfered with the President's duty to make a proper decision on foreign aid." Although the Chief Justice's decision is temporary, it is the first victory of the Trump administration in the case of President Donald Trump's executive order. 

Attorneys for the Trump administration have said they are working to end nearly 10,000 contracts and grants from the State Department and USAID. He said it would cut USAID's foreign aid agreement by 90 percent and cut more than $58 billion in overall U.S. aid worldwide.

A spokesperson for the US State Department said the cuts were part of Trump's 'America First' agenda. Attorneys for the US Department of Justice said the president has the authority to suspend contracts, but that is under review. 

According to the review conducted so far, about 5 thousand 800 grants under USAID have been canceled and more than 500 have been decided to continue, the officials said. Similarly, it is said that 4 thousand 100 grants under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be canceled and about 2 thousand 700 will be continued. 

The Trump administration has targeted the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) program. President Trump signed an executive order repealing the DEI policy on the second day of his second term. 

According to Trump's executive order, the US has suspended all foreign grants. The US Department of State said that the final decision will be taken after a 90-day review on foreign grants. According to which, projects under Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and USAID have also been postponed. 

Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Nepal was formed for the implementation of MCC project. But after Trump's order, the program of MCA Nepal has also been stopped. According to the agreement between the Government of Nepal and MCC, the implementation of the project has started from August 13, 2008.

In the initial agreement, it is mentioned that the American government will spend 500 million dollars and the Nepal government will spend 197 million dollars in the project worth 697 million dollars (about 92 billion). The US announced an additional $50 million for the project last December.