Unless the US was behind it because the preceding government wasn't to global capital's liking.https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/807405045004242944 …
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I think the word the Times is looking for is "facilitate".
pretty sure we didn't, officially, because that would have impacted aid. #priorities
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