Sentiment on the ground is that the government.....

Aid and aide are two different words with two different meanings. Aid means help, sometimes in the form of money, but not always. An aide is someone who helps out important people, usually politicians. I think you meant to use the first word.

This phrase does not make sense,



It means that the citizens of the country in question actually own a foreign nation, and I don't think that's what you meant to say.

The sentence is not mine, it's taken from the following link:

https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/on+the+ground

My question is about how the sentence should read.

Again, many, many thanks for your kind help.

That makes sense. I couldn't see it.

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It means: The feeling of the people is that ...

Sentiment of the people is that the government should be prioritizing aid for its citizens, rather than for foreign nations.