Did Trump stop the U.S. from sending $50M worth of condoms to Gaza?
President Donald Trump said this week that he stopped the United States from sending $50 million “to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.” The claims made by Trump and his new press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, were met with an uproar from social media.
What we know about Trump's claim that the U.S. planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza
Neither the White House nor any federal agency has provided evidence for a plan to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza.
FACT CHECK: No Evidence Found in Trump’s Claim of $50 Million Sent to Gaza for Hamas to Buy Condoms
USAID's financial year 2023 report on contraceptive and condom shipments notes that only one Jordan received a small shipment of contraceptives.
No, the US did not spend $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza
A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was not among the recipients.
FACT FOCUS: No Evidence That $50 Million Was Designated by the US to Buy Condoms for Hamas
President Donald Trump falsely claimed during the Laken Riley Act signing that his administration had “identified and stopped $50 million being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas.”
$50 million for condoms in Gaza? There’s no evidence of the White House claim.
DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza. That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money. So, that’s what this pause is focused on,
Fact Check: No evidence US spent $50 million on condoms for Gaza
Posts online that say the Trump administration discovered a plan to send $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza have been denied by the humanitarian group named as the recipient and by a former U.S. official.
Fact check: $50 million for condoms in Gaza? Five big reasons to be skeptical Trump’s story is true
During her first official White House briefing as President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt announced that Trump had prevented a “preposterous waste of taxpayer money.” Trump’s team,
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