At the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump criticized the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for allegedly allocating $18 million to support India's election processes. He questioned the rationale behind such foreign aid expenditures, especially in light of India's trade practices. "Eighteen million dollars for helping India with its elections. Why the hell? Why don't we just go to old paper ballots, and let them help us with their elections, right? Voter ID. Wouldn't that be nice? We're giving money to India for elections. They don't need money," President Trump remarked, highlighting his concerns over India's high tariffs on American goods. "They take advantage of us pretty good. One of the highest tariffed nations in the world. We try and sell something. They have a 200 percent tariff. And then we're giving them a lot of money to help them with their election," he added.