Saturday, February 25, 2023

US Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley Pledges To Cut Foreign Aid To Pakistan, China

<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>US Republican party presidential candidate, Nikki Haley, said that if she is voted to power, she will cut every penny to foreign countries &ldquo;that hate us&rdquo;. Haley, who has been governor of South Carolina and the US Ambassador to the United Nations, said the US spent $46 billion on foreign aid last year. That&rsquo;s more than any other country by far, Haley said, in an op-ed she wrote for the New York Post.</p> <p>The Grand Old &nbsp;Party (GOP) candidate said it's shocking how much money goes to anti-American countries and causes, and that, as president, she will put a stop to it.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;As president, I&rsquo;ll put a stop to this fiasco&rdquo;, she said.</p> <p>Haley said that American taxpayers still give money to &ldquo;Communist China for ridiculous environment programs, despite the obvious threat China poses to Americans&rdquo;.</p> <p>She further said that the Biden administration resumed military aid to Pakistan, though it&rsquo;s home to at least a dozen terrorist organisations and &ldquo;its government is deeply in hock to China&rdquo;.</p> <p>Further criticising the Biden administration, she said that it had restored &ldquo;half a billion dollars to a corrupt United Nations agency that&rsquo;s supposed to help the Palestinian people but in fact covers for deeply anti-Semitic propaganda against our ally Israel&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ: <span style="color: #e03e2d;"><a style="color: #e03e2d;" href="https://ift.tt/EdAVKkP Accuses West Of 'Destabilising' G20 Meets In India, Says It&rsquo;s Trying To Impose Its &lsquo;Diktat&rsquo;</a></span></strong></p> <p>Haley said that America pays Zimbabwe which holds &ldquo;the most anti-American voting record in the UN&rdquo;.&nbsp;</p> <p>We give money to Belarus, which is Russian dictator Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s closest ally. We even give money to Communist Cuba &mdash; a country our own government has designated as a state sponsor of terrorism.</p> <p>"I will cut every cent in foreign aid for countries that hate us. A strong America doesn't pay off the bad guys. A proud America doesn't waste our people's hard-earned money. And the only leaders who deserve our trust are those who stand up to our enemies and stand beside our friends," Haley said.&nbsp;</p> <p>However, Haley said this isn&rsquo;t just something that started during Biden&rsquo;s term, it has been happening for decades. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;</p> <p>&ldquo;The Washington bureaucracy and its defenders in Congress inevitably dig in to save these global giveaways. It will take a determined president to root out these taxpayer rip-offs.&rdquo;</p> <p>Nikki Haley formally launched her 2024 campaign for the White House on February 15 (local time), pitching herself to voters as part of a "new generation" of Republican leaders who can win at the ballot box.</p> <p>&ldquo;I am running for president to restore our nation&rsquo;s strength, our national pride and our people&rsquo;s trust. Backing American allies and friends like Israel and Ukraine is smart. Sending our tax dollars to enemies isn&rsquo;t&rdquo;, Haley said.&nbsp;</p> <p>&ldquo;I will be that president, just as I was that ambassador.&rdquo;</p> <p>Haley in the op-ed, while citing examples, said that the US has given Iran more than USD 2 billion over the last few years, even though its government is getting closer to the murderous thugs in Iran who shout "Death to America!" and launch attacks on our troops.</p> <p>"As ambassador, I strongly supported President Donald Trump's decision to cut nearly USD 2 billion of military aid to Pakistan because that country supports terrorists who kill American troops. It was a major victory for our troops, our taxpayers and our vital interests, but it didn't go nearly far enough. We've still given them way too much in other aid. As president, I will block every penny," the US presidential candidate further wrote.</p> <p>Haley said it was eye-opening &nbsp;after she put together a book of how much money America was spending on countries that vote against it.</p> <p>&ldquo;That doesn&rsquo;t make sense. I&rsquo;ll stop it. America can&rsquo;t buy our friends. We&rsquo;ll certainly never buy off our enemies&rdquo;.</p> <p>&ldquo;Our leaders have a responsibility to protect our people and promote our interests. Our politicians aren&rsquo;t doing that, all the way up to President Joe Biden. It&rsquo;s about time we had a president who did.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p> <p>On February 15, Nikki Haley announced her candidacy for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination. She is now the first Indian-American woman from the Republican Party to run for the presidential bid. Haley introduced herself as the proud daughter of Indian immigrants pitching a new future for the Republican party.</p> <p>After Republican leader Nikki Haley, another Indian-American, healthcare and tech sector entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy on Wednesday announced his 2024 US presidential election bid.</p>

source https://news.abplive.com/news/world/indian-american-nikki-haley-gop-republican-presidential-candidate-says-she-will-cut-every-penny-given-countries-that-hates-us-1584654

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