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Tim Kaine: “He has restored some of the funding in September.”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Published October 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 11:08

I believe the US Has a role to play in Nigeria. We dramatically cut USAID funding to Nigeria at the beginning of this year when Donald Trump assumed office. He has restored some of the funding in September. That's a positive step. But when the US Exit the scene, there's a vacuum that tends to get filled by people who do worse and worse things. (11:08–11:11)

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Asserts that some USAID funding to Nigeria was restored in September.

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