$29m USAID fund went to a Bangladesh firm with only 2 people: Trump.

[They] got $29 million. They got a cheque. Can you imagine you have a little firm, you get $10,000 here, $10,000 there. And then we get $29 million from the United States government. They had two people working in that firm,” he said yesterday (21 February).

During his speech, Trump also said that “$21 million going to my friend Prime Minister Narendra Modi and India for voter turnout.”

On 16 February, the US president’s cost-cutting team, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), posted on X listing the names of 11 countries and specific names of some of the US-funded overseas projects that had been cancelled.

“US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all of which have been cancelled,” read the DOGE post.

According to the Democracy International website, the Strengthening Political Landscape in Bangladesh program (SPL), funded by USAID and DFID, works to build political party capacity and strengthen relationships between parties and constituents while reducing political violence.

Source: TBSNEWS