A former United States National Security Adviser says President Donald Trump once argued that the $1.5bn aid given to Nigeria annually should be stopped, while funding for military operations in Afghanistan and Syria should be cut.

The former NSA, John Bolton, stated this in his highly anticipated book titled, ‘In the Room Where It Happened’.

Bolton, who left Trump’s administration last year, said the President of Nigeria, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had confirmed that indeed, Nigeria was receiving a lot of money from the US annually.

Trump, however, lamented that despite all the money Nigeria was receiving from the US, Nigeria was still refusing to buy American agricultural produce.

Bolton further claimed that Trump argued that the US should cut funding to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, while funds should be released for the construction of a wall along the US-Mexico border.

He wrote, “Following more chatter, Patrick Shanahan (then US Defence Secretary) turned to the cost reductions that maintaining the counter-terrorism capability would entail. But before he got too far, Trump broke in to complain about Congress’ refusal to fund the Mexico border wall.

“Then he was off, ‘Why can’t we just get out of Syria and Afghanistan? I never should have agreed to the other two hundred (in Syria), and it’s really 400 anyway…Then after literally 45 seconds back on Afghanistan, Trump asked, Why are we in Africa?’

He soon made it clear he wanted out of Africa altogether, expounding for some time on our $22 trillion national debt, followed by the problems of our balance-of-trade deficits, followed by complaining, again, about how Nigeria received $1.5bn annually in foreign aid, as he said the President of Nigeria had confirmed to him in an earlier visit, even though they wouldn’t buy US farm products.

Source: https://punchng.com/trump-planned-stopping-1-5bn-aid-to-nigeria-ex-nsa/

aristocrazzy:
Trump loves Nigeria that's what they say..mtchew

Don't be an idiot.
Trump and the USA owe Nigeria nothing.
If they decide to withhold their aids to us, then I see no fault from them.
In a sane country, 1.5b dollars per year for several decades now is enough to set up a good and working nation. But Africa is still as poor as it was before the aids started.
Its not as if you're personally benefiting from the aids. 80% of Nigerians aren't.
See this black man judging another man on his own money.

Good

iTroll:

Don't be an idiot.
Trump and the USA owe Nigeria nothing.
If they decide to withhold their aids to us, then I see no fault from them.
In a sane country, 1.5b dollars per year for several decades now is enough to set up a good and working nation. But Africa is still as poor as it was before the aids started.
Its not as if you're personally benefiting from the aids. 80% of Nigerians aren't.
See this black man judging another man on his own money.

Since that racist assumed white house, nothing closed to 1bn has been sent to Nigeria. Go and obtain the data

Modified: to all those quoting me wrongly, Pls keep quiet.

The hatred the man has for Nigeria is beyond imagination. Yes, we all know he was pained by Buhari's refusal to sign free trade agreement with US. He talked about Agric produce what about importation of cars, machinery, services and several others? We have a huge trade deficit with the US yet he's still angry. Bolton has described him perfectly.

Seriously? U mean such amount dey enter Nigeria's account every year, ahh, oga o.. America should have known better that our government won't do us any good with this money, they would rather squander it.

Olominira:

Since that racist assumed white house, nothing closed to 1bn has been sent to Nigeria. Go and obtain the data

And how does that make the USA bad?
How has your country used the aids that has been sent so far?

The money that will not get to the citizen, US should hold their money abeg.

Hehehehe

Why are we in Africa?

Trump is the real deal

The guy wants out of unholy marriages

No complains

Its not our money

Its theirs

If we are pained, lets make ours

Trump don outsmart Nigeria politicians

Good that Dump Trump (Racist) wants to stop the foreign aid, so that we can sue the white house for crimes committed against black people in the name of slavery & colonialism.
I believe that will bankrupt every white evil nation that participated in those heinous acts.
An idiot below, was mentioning Christian nation aid, its a fact that these people don't respect black Christians, if not Floyd & black lives matters movement, wouldn't have existed in the first place.

Trump, however, lamented that despite all the money Nigeria was receiving from the US, Nigeria was still refusing to buy American agricultural produce.

Old man wants to use us for Election campaign same way he was asking Xi to buy US produce to use as point in his re-election campaign

This Bolton's book will be a best seller

In the U.S, the folks that support Trump are just as mentally deranged like him yet, in Nigeria we have a certain tribe in the jungle reserves that worship and glorify him out of fear of being oppressed. How they love their oppressors.

Deluded fools!

Watch them asslick Trump and call John Bolton a Democrat even though he has been a Republican all his life. He has been in the Republican party even before Trump.

Then, they'll add a sprinkle of CNN/fake news to their post because they believe any news against Trump comes from CNN.

"Trump, however, lamented that despite all the money Nigeria was receiving from the US, Nigeria was still refusing to buy American agricultural produce."

Nigeria should be sold, if US expect Nigeria to get agricultural produces from them. Imagine, US and other countries of the world that ought to be depending on Nigeria agricultural produces.

He should stop everything. Our leaders are looting the aids. The ones we received for corona was looted.



Kudos to POTUS.

African Leaders are piece of Shiiiits these men don't understand the true meaning of Leadership and politics. America should stop Funding Nigeria that's why our Leaders have become Lazy Like Touts in the Garage zero idea zero creativity.we've abundant Natural Resources to make us Among the world power .

oil, Gold, Steel( for weapons.gun boats aircraft and good machine guns),copper,coal ,uranium ( for Nuclear weapons) and fruitful soil.

PMB and his Generation are the Real lazy youths they've failed us but I think my Generation will be worse Ethnicity ,religion , social media and Hatred has taken the better side of them .

Sometimes I wonder if China is just 14 older than Nigeria it's a big Shame to the Leaders on the African continent and the Youths.

another looting window 4 our PoliteThiefs

I know upon all some beer parlour human beings will still like trump and want him to be the president

*spits

Just like buhari will be the last president of Nigeria

So also trump will be the last president of the great USA

Because we are at the time of the end


Donald trump will die in office of a strange ailment and they will blame Russia

China will finish USA

Europe will come to the rescue

Macron will lead the world

Jesus will kill macron and his scientist.


These are prophecies

We don't need all those handouts, be it from European Union or US or China. It's a way of controlling the receivers in some way.
Heaven knows how I'll stop these collection of beggarly handouts if I ever get to that presidency.

Better.

Nigeria doesn't need anyone's aid.

Why will you give $1.5bn to Nigeria when her leaders swallowed over $16bn between 1999 and 2007 pretending to fix the epileptic power supply?

The aid doesn't help African countries. It only encourages corruption.

Money not worked for is easily mismanaged.

Assuming Nigeria depended only on taxes, the common man will be more interested where his money is going.

I hope other "Western countries" can follow suit.

Nigeria is one of the richest countries in the world in terms of human and natural resources.

Sooo?? What have we done with all the Aids we've received besides wasting most of it.

iTroll:

And how does that make the USA bad?
How has your country used the aids that has been sent so far?

Just stfu

I think that the whole message of this protest is getting lost day by day, from defunding the police to disrespecting the national anthem to destruction and pulling down of historical and national artifacts/ structure to banning of Confederate flags....... This are not the message that blacks community should be sending...... Destroying historical monuments and flags doesn't cast you in good light instead it makes you look bad just like them(slave master).
No matter what we do now, slavery will always be part of America history...... They should embress it and learned from the lessons so that they wouldn't repeat the mistake of the urgly past. What has been done (slavery) can not be undone but it can be corrected through peaceful dialogue.
The Confederate were already there with their history and symbols even before the Advent of slavery in North America ...........it is not the fault of the blacks that they were slaves also it is not the fault of the white Confederate that they were slave masters, they both found themselves at the wrong side history and at a wrong time ................their flags is historical to them, it represents their heritage/their existence and their monuments represent their history/their sacrifices that makes America great today............... Believe me, nobody In this world would love their history to be destroyed by others,...... I don't know about you but as for me, I will fight and die in order to maintain my heritage ........ If you are banning the Confederate flag and monuments from public view due to slave keeping, we should also ban British flag, french flag, Belgium flag and their monuments for also keeping slaves,,, because this was a common practice to all these countries at that time.
The destruction of historical artifacts happening in USA now is no different from what ISIS terrorist did in Syria in 2017 when they destroy all history monuments at their sight and were roundly criticized by United Nations............ Blacks should not allowed themselves to became a target of indigenous and those white that were there before them through these senseless act of vandalism and threatening of other peoples culture. Don't try to fight racism by making other people feel unwelcome, rejection, guilty, hatred, that the country is against them ...................... Instead the fight should be centered on equality, fair share of representation in national discuss, societal inclusion, unfair police brutality toward blacks and police reform, unemployment rate and accessibility of quality education and medical Care by blacks community, development of the black ghetto communities, seeking of the same privileges accrue the the whites,,,, these should be their demand and not destruction of other peoples history ( that will make them terrorist and target for white supremacists)........ I believe that both the former slave and slave master can live together sharing equal rights and privileges without a sense of unfair treatment by both sides......,. But these should not be politicised for anyones benefits.............. Most of these brutality, demonstration and historical destruction are happening in a Democrats states ............ Blacks should be careful of having their cause being used to score cheap political points.

Blacks should arose from political racism else they may not get their much needed freedom

Harbey92:
Trump don outsmart Nigeria politicians

IPOB will blame buhari for using his military to deal with them for protesting, but support Trump when he does exactly the same...loooool

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Nigeria received $1.5bn annually in foreign aid, as he said the President of Nigeria had confirmed to him in an earlier visit

This Buhari is a very useless man. see how he talks anyhow. Thats how he traveled once and called us crimimals.
I believe this 1.5b aid we receive every year is a hard found battle by govts.
Now we about to lose that too cuz of a dead cow in the sit of power