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Amidst ongoing cuts to questionable federal programs through DOGE, the State Department is planning significant budget cuts, possibly even half of its current expenses.

And many of those cuts have to do with eliminating U.S. funding of globalist organizations like the United Nations and NATO.

According to a diplomatic source talking to Fox News, the administration has a plan to end funding for more than 20 international organizations.

The U.S. contributed around $13 billion to the United Nations in 2023 and around $3.5 billion to NATO. The source with a copy of the proposal says it calls for allocating $2 billion for "America First" priorities. Those funds could be used in support of "specific partners" like India and Jordan, according to the document, or broader priorities, like the South Pacific Tuna Treaty.

State Department spokeswoman Tammy Bruce stressed Tuesday, "There is no final plan, final budget." The proposed plan represents a $27 billion cut, nearly half of the State Department's current budget.

Bruce said, "Throughout the history of the United States, everyone has a budget plan and everyone has ideas for budgets. And every president has a budget plan and sends it to Congress. And then Congress either accepts it or they have their own ideas, which happens more often than not."

According to the Fox report, the foreign service travel budget and benefits would be scaled back under the plan, and the Fulbright scholarship program would be eliminated.

The document calls for a 2% reduction in diplomatic security, cuts to the inspector general's office, and the closure of smaller embassies in countries such as the Maldives, Malta, Luxembourg and the Central African Republic.

The budget proposal is in early stages, with several layers of approval needed before its finalization.