White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the DOGE, led by Elon Musk, discovered US ‘condom aid’ funding as part of a broader review of foreign aid expenditures. Elon Musk described the situation as the 'tip of the iceberg'.

DOGE and OMB also found that there was about to be $50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza. That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money. So, that’s what this pause is focused on,

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said that the funding was earmarked for condom distribution in Gaza, per DOGE and OMB.

The Donald Trump administration's recent freeze on all foreign aid included a surprising cut, of $50 million in US funding for condoms in Gaza. A White House official revealed that a memo from the Office of Management and Budget is set to temporarily suspend grants,