“I will cut every cent in foreign aid sent to our enemies. Biden administration resumed military aid to Pakistan and American taxpayers still give money to Communist China for ridiculous environmental programs,” Nikki Haley, one of the Republican candidates for US presidential elections wrote in an opinion piece for a newspaper.
Washington: Nikki Haley , one of the Republican candidates for US presidential elections, is defying the Washington elite on the issue of foreign aid by pledging to stop funnelling billions of government cash to “anti-American countries and causes.”
Haley blasted both the Democratic and Republican presidential administrations in an opinion piece for the New York Post. She pointed out that the United States spent $46 billion on foreign aid last year, going to places like China, Pakistan , and Iraq.
“I will cut every cent in foreign aid sent to our enemies. Biden administration resumed military aid to Pakistan and American taxpayers still give money to Communist China for ridiculous environmental programs. We give money to Belarus, which is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin’s closest ally. We even give money to Communist Cuba — a country our own government has designated as a state sponsor of terrorism,” Haley wrote.
“This is not just Joe Biden . It’s been happening for decades under presidents of both parties. Our foreign-aid policies are stuck in the past. They typically operate on autopilot, with no consideration for the conduct of the countries that receive our aid,” Haley added.
Haley singled out aid to Pakistan and Iraq, whose regimes oppose the United States and where terrorist organisations are active.
In addition, Haley, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., criticised the Biden administration for reinstating funding to the United Nations Relief and Works agency, which she claimed “covers for deeply anti-Semitic propaganda against our ally Israel,” despite being established to assist Palestinian refugees.
In the 2024 Republican presidential primary, Haley joined former President Donald Trump after announcing her campaign two weeks ago. Trump said “the more the merrier” as he invited her and other potential rivals into the race. Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who works in the healthcare and technology industries, is also running for president as a Republican, and many more people are anticipated to enter the race before the year is up.
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