The Trump administration sees the aid as more transactional - but some say it is not a fair trade.

Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday temporarily kept in place the Trump administration’s decision to freeze nearly $5 billion in foreign aid.

After the Trump administration upended the world’s largest foreign aid provider last year, terminating thousands of programs and firing nearly all of its staff, its plan for the agency was clear: Eliminate it entirely.

The survey showed support increased significantly after voters learned how little foreign aid costs and the role it plays in disaster relief, disease prevention and global security.

The United States has eased sanctions, pledged $150 million in aid and deployed military ships and aircraft after the back-to-back earthquakes

In 2010, there was a huge U.S. aid effort after a quake in Haiti. Today, U.S. officials say they oversee billions in Venezuelan oil revenue, but aid is less.

The poll of 2,022 voters showed Republicans and President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again base were skeptical of foreign aid before getting more details