The ESF is a foreign-facing economic support fund. The idea is to stabilise Middle- and South-American countries, for example, to avoid mass migration. Or at l

The ESF is a foreign-facing economic support fund. The idea is to stabilise Middle- and South-American countries, for example, to avoid mass migration. Or at least that's what we tell Republicans. The real purpose is obviously to help the poorest countries, because that's what you do when you can. And, yes, $250M is a rounding error. But the foreign aid budget is famous for being estimated as 20% of the federal budget if you survey the general population, when in reality it's <0.5%. So this isn't unusual or anything.