Trump's vision of development aid exposes dilemma: 'Why millions to Africa and not to us?'

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Trump's vision of development aid exposes dilemma: 'Why millions to Africa and not to us?'

The fact that Trump took that one major American aid organization off the air this week is a sign of the times. Because elsewhere in the world, support for development aid is also declining. And yes, aid organizations partly have themselves to blame for that, says Nijmegen professor Sara Kinsbergen. "People have the right to ask: what do I get from those millions for Africa?" She answers seven questions about the sense and nonsense of developmen…