The article is about a crisis in relations between Egypt and the US over the decision of the American administration to cut $2 millions of the annual aid given to Egypt and granting them to Ibn Khaldoun Center run by Saad Eddin Ibrahim. The authors elaborate on explaining the dimensions of the crisis, stressing that by this action Washington aimed at embarrassing the Egyptian regime which only has two alternatives, whether to accept sharing the aid with Dr. Ibrahim or to reject the aid as a whole.