US President Donald Trump has criticised a $29 million US-funded challenge geared toward “strengthening the political panorama” in Bangladesh, stating that the cash was awarded to a two-person agency that no person had ever heard of, stories Ahsan Tasnim.
Talking on the White Home Friday, he targetted a collection of USAID initiatives that had been just lately cancelled primarily based on suggestions of Division of Govt Effectivity (DOGE), led by Elon Musk.
“$29 million to strengthen the political panorama in Bangladesh. Went to a agency that no person ever heard of,” mentioned Trump, including, “are you able to think about you’ve somewhat agency. You get 10,000 right here, 10,000 there, after which we get $29 million from the US govt. They’d two folks working in that agency, two folks, I believe they’re very completely happy, they’re very wealthy.”
He went on to recommend that “they’re going to be on the duvet of an excellent enterprise journal fairly quickly, for being nice scammers”.
