Trump administration cuts aid to Palestinians by more than half

US President Donald Trump had threatened in a tweet to cut millions in contributions in order to force Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas into coming to the negotiating table to hash out a peace deal with Israel."It is time other countries, some of them quite wealthy, step in and do their part to advance regional security and stability," an administration official told Reuters."This is not aimed at punishing" anyone, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said of the cut