Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has expressed the hope that US President Donald Trump might see Bangladesh as a “good investment opportunity” and trading partner. He said he intended to pitch this to Elon Musk during his visit.
“Trump’s a dealmaker, so I say to him: come, do deals with us,” he told The Guardian in an interview published on Monday. If he did not, Bangladesh would feel a little pain, Yunus said. “But this democratic process will not stop.”
The Biden administration was one of Yunus’ biggest backers, both politically and financially, but the restoration of democracy in Bangladesh is unlikely to be a priority for Trump, according to the Guardian report, the Guardian says in its interview report.
It says Bangladesh has taken a blow from Trump’s decimation of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which had pledged the country more than $1 billion in assistance in recent years.
In a speech, Trump alleged millions of USAID dollars earmarked for strengthening Bangladesh's political landscape had been used to elect a “radical left communist” without offering any evidence.
In an attempt to bring the US on side, Dr Yunus recently invited Trump’s billionaire backer Elon Musk to bring his Starlink satellite internet network to Bangladesh.
Sources around Yunus said a visit by Musk to the country was expected in April.
Source: The Guardian
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