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Donald Trump Loves Rand Paul�s Plan for How to Use the Suspended Pakistan Aid Money

President Donald Trump expressed his support Friday for Sen. Rand Paul�s proposal to

take the money originally allotted for aid to Pakistan and countries like it, and instead

spend it to rebuild America�s infrastructure.

The Kentucky Republican detailed his plan in a video posted to Twitter on Thursday.

In the video, Paul noted that �the United States should not give one penny to countries

who burn our flag and chant, �Death to America.'

My bill will take the money that would have gone to Pakistan and put it in an infrastructure

fund to build roads and bridges here at home,� Paul added.

Trump has previously said many times � both on the campaign trail and as president � that

he wants to spend $1 trillion to improve the U.S. infrastructure system.

The White House is reportedly set to release an official infrastructure proposal this month,

according to Bloomberg News.

In his Twitter video, Paul detailed the reasoning behind his suggested proposal.

He explained that despite the U.S. sending Pakistan billions of dollars in aid, America

has received very little in return, particularly regarding help in the fight against terrorism.

�We�ve sent Pakistan $33 billion since 2002.

What did we get for it?

Well Pakistan didn�t even help us find (Osama) bin Laden, even though he was living in one

of their cities for years,� Paul said.

�Then they jailed the informant who helped us to get bin Laden.

They�ve allowed suspected terrorists to operate in their country.

Some say Pakistani intelligence agents actually aid and abet the terrorists.

It�s wrong.�

Paul also emphasized his plan during a Thursday appearance on �Fox & Friends.�

�I would take the money that we send to a lot of countries that aren�t necessarily

our friends like Pakistan, I would redirect that money into building roads and bridges

here,� Paul said.

As The Western Journal reported, Paul�s remarks came the same day that Trump appeared

to follow through on a threat to punish Pakistan for being a safe haven for terrorists.

The White House announced it will freeze all security assistance to the country until it

begins to cooperate more with the U.S. government and military in combating terrorism.

The decision comes after months of what the Trump administration describes as stonewalling

and resistance from Pakistani officials in dealing with the terrorist entities working

within the country�s borders.

Pakistan has played a double game for years,� U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley stated as she

announced the White House would continue to withhold $255 million in already-budgeted

military aid, according to The Wall Street Journal.

The �double game� Haley is referring to is Pakistan�s manner of working with both

the U.S. government and radical Islamist groups.

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Al Gore Is Not Going to Like the Latest Data About Natural Disasters Very Much - Duration: 2:39.

Al Gore Is Not Going to Like the Latest Data About Natural Disasters Very Much

Natural disasters did $330 billion worth of damage in 2017, mostly due to hurricanes smashing

into the U.S. this fall, making last year the second costliest year for disasters since

2011, according to the reinsurance industry.

Insurers will pay out $135 billion for natural disasters, according to Munich Re, the most

on record.

The majority of the monetary damages came from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, which

hit U.S. and Caribbean islands in the fall.

These hurricanes did $215 billion in damage.

While nominal costs of natural disasters � including hurricanes, fires and earthquakes � have

grown over time, taking into account inflation and economic growth actually shows disaster

costs have been trending down since 1990.

That�s according to research carried out by the University of Colorado�s Dr. Roger

Pielke, Jr., who�s spent years studying why natural disaster spending has increased

despite no apparent trends in extreme weather.

Pielke pushed back against claims made by politicians and activists that global warming

is making natural disasters more frequent, thus causing disaster costs to go up.

Pielke�s work � and the work of others � however, shows this is not the case.

The global economy has grown since the 1990s.

Hurricane Harvey, for example, was the costliest natural disaster of 2017, inflicting $85 billion

when it struck in late August.

Harvey dumped record rainfall for several days over the greater Houston area.

But Harvey�s price tag would have been much smaller had it hit in, say, 1960 when Houston�s

population was 60 percent less than it is today.

Fewer buildings, roads and infrastructure mean the same storm can do less damage.

That�s not all, though.

Pielke has noted that even without development, inflation also makes it seem like there are

more $1 billion disasters today than there were in past decades.

We�ve also gotten better at detecting extreme weather, including through the use of satellites.

Activists often argue that increased disaster costs and disaster declarations show how extreme

weather is becoming even more extreme and intense due to man-made global warming.

Trends in the incidence of extreme weather help to explain this graph as the world has

experienced a long stretch of good fortune,� he explained.