India, Feb. 23 -- Doubling down on his harsh stance over the alleged United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funding for elections in India, US President Donald Trump said that India doesn't need the money.

"18 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," he said while addressing the Conservative Political Action Conference, reported news agency ANI.

He also doubled down his criticism for high tariffs in India and said that India takes advantage of the US "pretty good."

"They take advantage of us pretty g...