The United States president Donald Trump has said that a firm with just two people received $29 million for a project to strengthen the political landscape in Bangladesh.
‘$29 million to strengthen the political landscape in Bangladesh went to a firm that nobody ever heard of,’ said Trump.
‘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, two people, I think they’re very happy, they’re very rich,’ he said while speaking to the US governors at the White House on Friday.
The US president spoke about a string of the USAID projects that were being axed upon recommendation from the Department of Government Efficiency headed by Elon Musk.
‘They will be on the cover of a very good business magazine pretty soon, for being great scammers,’ he said.
Trump also mentioned that a project going to India. ‘$21 million [was] going to my friend, prime minister Modi, in India for voter turnout. We are giving ‘$21 million for voter turnout in India. What about us? I want voter turnout too.’