K.C. Singh | Trump's USAID flip-flops: India shakes, China gains

The freshly minted US department of government efficiency (DOGE), led by billionaire Elon Musk, began examining the American government's expenditures promptly after President Donald Trump was sworn in on January 20. The revelations began tumbling out, especially on the Musk-controlled social media platform X, formerly Twitter. Distorted facts and exaggerated figures have been critical to Mr Trump's politics. The attack on the US Agency for International Development (USAID) followed this trend. There was an uproar in India when President Trump, speaking in Miami, brought focus on the alleged $21 million funding for enhancing voter turnout in India. He provocatively questioned…