‘Guess they were trying to get somebody else elected: Donald Trump on $21m fund for India | India News – The Times of India

US President Donald Trump has as soon as once more questioned america’ determination to allocate $21 million for voter turnout efforts in India. Talking on the FII PRIORITY Summit in Miami, he stated, “$21 million for voter turnout, why do we’d like to spend $21 million for voter turnout in India? I suppose they were trying to get somebody else elected.”
“We’ve obtained to inform the Indian Authorities. As a result of once we hear that Russia spent about two thousand {dollars} in our nation, it was an enormous deal. They took some web adverts for two thousand {dollars}. It is a complete breakthrough,” he added.

Trump identified India’s sturdy financial place and excessive tariffs on US items, saying, “They obtained so much of cash. They’re one of the very best taxing nations on this planet in phrases of us. We are able to hardly get in there as a result of their tariffs are so excessive.”
Regardless of his considerations, Trump maintained his respect for India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Referring to Modi’s latest go to to the US, he stated, “I’ve so much of respect for India. I’ve so much of respect for the prime minister. He simply left, as you already know, two days in the past. However we’re giving $21 million for voter turnout. It is voter turnout in India. What about, like, voter turnout right here? Oh, we have finished that, I suppose. We did $500 million, did not we? It is referred to as the lockboxes.”

Trump criticises US spending in Ukraine
Shifting the main target to the continued battle in Ukraine, Trump additionally took purpose at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of persuading the US to pour billions into what he referred to as an “unwinnable conflict.”
“The United States has spent $200 billion greater than Europe, and Europe’s cash is assured, whereas america will get nothing again,” Trump asserted. He claimed that Ukraine had obtained considerably extra monetary help from the US than from European nations, questioning the returns on such an funding.
In a publish on Fact Social, Trump went additional, accusing Zelenskyy of poor governance and a scarcity of democratic accountability. “On prime of this, Zelenskyy admits that half of the cash we despatched him is ‘MISSING.’ He refuses to have elections, could be very low in Ukrainian polls, and the one factor he was good at was enjoying Biden ‘like a fiddle.’ A dictator with out elections, Zelenskyy higher transfer quick or he isn’t going to have a rustic left,” Trump wrote.