NEW DELHI: The US President Donald Trump has once again raised concerns over alleged USAID's $18 million funding allocation for elections in India, questioning the rationale behind spending substantial amounts abroad instead of focusing on American voter participation. Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), Trump suggested reverting to paper ballots and proposed seeking India's assistance with electoral processes. Poll Is Foreign Aid as Important as Domestic Funding? No, Focus Should Be on Domestic Needs Yes, Both Are Equally Important "18 million dollars for helping India with its elections.
Why the hell? Why don't we just go to old paper ballots, and let them help us with their elections, right? Voter ID. Wouldn't that be nice? We're giving money to India for elections. They don't need money," US president said.
"They take advantage of us pretty good. One of the highest tariffed nations in the world. We try and sell something.
They have a 200 per cent tariff. And then we're giving them a lot of money to help them with their election," he added. The criticism follows Trump's ongoing scrutiny of alleged USAID funding across various nations.
Previously, he alleged US involvement in election results in India. Also Read : '$21 million going to my friend PM Modi': US President Donald Trump fixates on fund to India for third day in a row During his address at the Republican Governors Association, Trump also criticised funding of $29 million to a firm to s.
