Responding to the report, former president Donald Trump’s eldest son suggested that the fund sent by the US would be “looted by corrupt politicians”.

“Hard pass. How about we use it to help Americans in need? Or to perhaps secure our border? Maybe get our energy sector going again? Education? No, instead we’ll give it to one of the most corrupt countries in the world, where I’m sure most will be looted by corrupt politicians,” he wrote on Twitter.