Nikki Haley bashes Pakistan; says US will not be world’s “ATM” if she voted to energy

Nikki Haley has mentioned that America spent USD 46 billion on international help final yr, which is given to nations like China, Pakistan, and Iraq. American taxpayers need to know the place that cash goes and what it’s doing, she added.

Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley. (AP/File)

By Press Trust of India: Indian-American Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday made it clear that if she is voted to energy in 2024, the US won’t be the “world’s ATM” and pay “bad guys” like Pakistan a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.

In the op-ed within the New York Post, Haley wrote that America spent USD 46 billion on international help final yr, which is given to nations like China, Pakistan, and Iraq. American taxpayers need to know the place that cash goes and what it’s doing, she added.

“A weak America pays the bad guys: Hundreds of millions to Pakistan, Iraq, and Zimbabwe last year alone. A strong America won’t be the world’s ATM,” the previous Ambassador to the United Nations tweeted.

In one other tweet, Haley mentioned: “America can’t be the world’s ATM. As president, we’ll make sure to shake up the foreign policy establishment. More on our plans to stop sending money to our enemies …”

“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,” the 51-year-old two-term Governor of South Carolina, who earlier this month formally launched her 2024 presidential bid, wrote.

According to Haley, the Biden administration resumed navy help to Pakistan, although it is residence to at the least a dozen terrorist organisations and its authorities is deeply in hock to China.

She mentioned that because the US ambassador to the UN, she strongly supported then president Donald Trump’s determination to chop practically USD 2 billion of navy help to Pakistan as a result of that nation supported terrorists who kill American troops.

“It was a serious victory for our troops, our taxpayers, and our very important pursuits, nevertheless it did not go practically far sufficient. We’ve nonetheless given them manner an excessive amount of in different help. As president, I’ll block each penny,” she added.

Less than a fortnight after coming into the race for the White House, Haley is main towards President Joe Biden in a hypothetical match, in response to the most recent opinion ballot on Friday.

But she trails badly towards main Republican candidate former president Trump, Rasmussen Report mentioned based mostly on a survey it carried out between February 16 and 19.

Among the Republicans, she comes within the third place after Trump (52 per cent) and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (24 per cent).

Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa to immigrant Punjabi Sikh mother and father, Haley is the third Indian-American to run for the US presidency in three consecutive election cycles. Bobby Jindal ran in 2016 and Vice President Kamala Harris in 2020.

Days after Haley introduced her White House bid, Indian-American tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, one other Republican, additionally launched his 2024 presidential bid.

Before coming into the presidential poll, Haley has to win the Republican Party’s presidential major which can begin in January subsequent yr. The subsequent US presidential election is scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024.

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Feb 28, 2023