Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah thanked US President Donald Trump for mentioning fraud in US aid to Nepal, claiming that these comments had made Nepalis think their own country is better off than the United States. Nepal is poor mainly because of its people migrating out of it, while the US is in a bad position because its people find it hard to build their nation effectively. The rest of the world, Shah noted, plays a big role in the progress of the US.
Mayor Shah also condemned the Diversity Visa (DV) program, demanding it be banned. He said the program hinders others around the globe and that the US should stop depending on outside success. He ended with a message for Trump, telling the US to end its “lust” for DV visas and to let other nations flourish.