China will seize influence on the global stage as a result of the Trump administration’s major cuts to international spending, according to a report published Monday by the Democratic staff on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the panel’s top Democrat, commissioned the report as a wake-up call to her colleagues over the damage she says will be wrought by President Trump’s policies six months into his term.

The report comes as the Senate is considering a Trump administration rescissions package that would cut hundreds of billions in foreign funding. It also comes as Congress moves toward appropriations season; the House Appropriations Committee on Monday proposed a 22 percent funding cut for national security, Department of State, and related programs.

“I can't imagine that anybody who has a thoughtful strategy for how to address what's happening in the world would have done the kinds of actions this administration has done,” Shaheen said in a call Monday previewing the report.

The report is based on open-source research, official staff travel, meetings with the Trump administration, foreign government officials, U.S. companies and international nongovernmental organizations.

“In private, our allies tell us that Chinese officials are gleeful,........

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