New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- US President Donald Trump on Thursday made a shocking and unsubstantiated claim that billions of dollars have been stolen from USAID for payments to the news media.

Trump made the claim on his Truth Social network.

"Looks like billions of dollars have been stolen at USAID and other agencies, much of it going to the fake news media as a "payoff" for creating good stories about the Democrats," reads the post.

Further claiming that "Politico" seems to have received $8,000,000, Trump asked, "Did the New York Times receive money??? Who else did???"

This could be the biggest scandal of them all, said Trump, adding, "Perhaps the biggest in history! The democrats can't hide from this one. Too big, too dirty!"

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