The United States budget for next year, published by President Donald Trump’s administration, has cut funding for the Tibet Fund and Ngawang Choephel Fellows, both of which have given significant support for the Tibetan exile diaspora in the past and major funding for the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (CTA). The timing of the announcement is significant, coinciding with Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, President of the CTA’s, visit to the US.