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Trump jokes 'nobody has heard' of Lesotho
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday mocked tiny Lesotho as a country "nobody has ever heard of" as he defended his sweeping cuts in aid. "Which nobody has ever heard of," Trump added, as Republican lawmakers laughed and Vice President JD Vance and Speaker Mike Johnson grinned behind him.
Donald Trump has hit out at the African country Lesotho, a country close to Prince Harry's heart, just weeks after he promised not to deport the Duke of Sussex from the US. The President vowed to cut off international aid to the nation to bring down the federal deficit in a joint address to Congress.
Prince Harry's charity commemorating Princess Diana had USAID money from a $51m pot to spend in a country Donald Trump mocked.
Trump, during the address, mocked an African nation, apparently refusing to acknowledge that it exists. His remarks about the African kingdom of Lesotho have thus sparked backlash from the country's foreign minister.
Following Donald Trump’s funding freeze on HIV treatment and other health programmes, Kenya faces critical decisions in sustaining these initiatives.