Watch this interview with a bedrock Republican Bush appointee who once ran USAID.

[hadit]

Changes to policy priorities under Bush are not what trump/Musk are doing. They are trying to shutter the agency. Are you so blind as to not see the difference?

“$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt”

This is wrong. This initiative was launched in the first Trump administration to “increase educational opportunities and strengthen the livelihoods of the people of North Sinai,” according to the citation provided by the White House. The money would “provide access to transportation for rural communities and economic livelihood programming for families.” There is no mention of funding tourism.

If there is so much fraud and waste why all the lies?

They're merging it into the State Department. Along the way, wasteful spending will stop. You know this, why do you continue ranting about it?

 

[Billiejeens]

You didn’t hear a word he said

I might have missed it.
Did this "bedrock Republican" promote the items that this administration is pointing out?
It yes, just list the video times please.

 

[Slade3200]

Hey Slade do you support every single issue USAID funded?

Yes or no

I do t know every issue they were involved with but I could pretty confidently say that there would be some I’d not be supportive of. Few organizations can garner 100% support for all their efforts.

Why do you ask?

 

[Billiejeens]

No wonder you don't know anything. You're too lazy to read an article that takes less than 5 minutes to read. Here's the summation........

Concerns are growing in Washington that abruptly halting assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development “opens up a window for China and Russia,” one analyst said.

Russia and China will just have to teach Goatfuckers the proper technique, I suppose.

 

[j-mac]

Deadline: White House

www.msnbc.com

I realize what the reflexive response will be considering the interview took place on MSNBC. If you can get past that you can judge for yourself whether Andrew Natsios, the USAID administrator under George Bush, has something of value to say. You can skip to roughly the 2 minute mark of the interview.

I think he offers some valuable insight in to the work of the agency you don't hear about over the din of vitriol about Musk, his lack of authority to do what he's doing, and his obvious conflicts of interest.

 

[Seymour Flops]

“$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt”

This is wrong. This initiative was launched in the first Trump administration to “increase educational opportunities and strengthen the livelihoods of the people of North Sinai,” according to the citation provided by the White House.

The money would “provide access to transportation for rural communities and economic livelihood programming for families.” There is no mention of funding tourism.

If there is so much fraud and waste why all the lies?

No lies from DOGE. Here is the statement From Biden’s Egypt Embassy:

Technical Difficulties

eg.usembassy.gov

Technical Difficulties

eg.usembassy.gov

I don’t know why it says technical difficulties. The link will work.

February 1, 2022

Luxor – The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities launched the Esna Tourism Promotion Campaign in Luxor Governorate. This campaign is part of the $8.6 million U.S. Government investment that restored historic landmarks and revitalized Esna’s tourism infrastructure, and will showcase Esna as a prime tourist destination to tour operators, investors and the public.​

During the inauguration, USAID Mission Director Leslie Reed stated, “The United States has contributed more than $100 million (EGP 1.57 billion) to preserve dozens of cultural heritage sites throughout Egypt.

 

[Godboy]

Elon, is that you?

Elon Musk Reportedly Has a Huge Conflict of Interest Motivating Him to Gut USAID

Besides the billionaire's racist and xenophobic ideologies, Musk's singling out of USAID was more than likely self-serving.

futurism.com

Does shutting down USAID help Musk? I dont give a flying **** if it does. All that matters is it saves tax payer dollars AND it isnt being funneled into your party anymore. No more funding for your propaganda machines. You will have to start succeeding on merit alone, as we conservatives have done for decades.

You guys are in deep shit. You may own the media, but the media is a ******* joke now. Your party is losing at every front. All the unfair advantages that youve enjoyed for the past 20 years are going away. We were neck and neck in races before when the entire game was rigged against us. How do you expect to win now?

 

[Lesh]

Does shutting down USAID help Musk? I dont give a flying **** if it does. All that matters is it saves tax payer dollars AND it isnt being funneled into your party anymore. No more funding for your propaganda machines. You will have to start succeeding on merit alone, as we conservatives have done for decades.

You guys are in deep shit. You may own the media, but the media is a ******* joke now. Your party is losing at every front. All the unfair advantages that youve enjoyed for the past 20 years are going away. We were neck and neck in races before when the entire game was rigged against us. How do you expect to win now?

Stop drinking the Kool Aid

 

[Godboy]

Stop drinking the Kool Aid

Stop sucking so bad. Debate better.

 

[lennypartiv]

I thought the Democrats didn't like either Bush.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I doubt that Trumpers care.

No, we really don't.

 

[scruffy]

I thought the Democrats didn't like either Bush.

Haven't you heard?

The Dems love Neo-Cons now.

Liz Cheney may even become a Democrat.

 

[OKTexas]

Deadline: White House

www.msnbc.com

I realize what the reflexive response will be considering the interview took place on MSNBC. If you can get past that you can judge for yourself whether Andrew Natsios, the USAID administrator under George Bush, has something of value to say. You can skip to roughly the 2 minute mark of the interview.

I think he offers some valuable insight in to the work of the agency you don't hear about over the din of vitriol about Musk, his lack of authority to do what he's doing, and his obvious conflicts of interest.

The necessary functions of USAID will continue, the social engineering aspects will probably go away. Exactly as it should be.

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[berg80]

They're merging it into the State Department. Along the way, wasteful spending will stop. You know this, why do you continue ranting about it?

The least surprising aspect of the purge is the rubes falling for the "we are doing this to reduce spending" canard. The shiny objects the WH has pointed to in order to animate the minions..........many of which are lies.............

The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending​

Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/usaid-trump-fact-checker/

..........are so insignificant as to be an unserious effort at meaningful cost cutting. The dual goals actually being the expansion of executive authority and the elimination of people or programs the team of extremist bureaucrats Dotard has assembled, or Dotard himself, doesn't like.

 

[berg80]

The necessary functions of USAID will continue, the social engineering aspects will probably go away. Exactly as it should be.

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Nothing trump/Musk are doing is exactly as it should be. Lest we forget, we've already learned about the real reason Musk attacked the USAID.

 

[Seymour Flops]

The least surprising aspect of the purge is the rubes falling for the "we are doing this to reduce spending" canard. The shiny objects the WH has pointed to in order to animate the minions..........many of which are lies.............

The White House’s wildly inaccurate claims about USAID spending​

Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/02/07/usaid-trump-fact-checker/

..........are so insignificant as to be an unserious effort at meaningful cost cutting. The dual goals actually being the expansion of executive authority and the elimination of people or programs the team of extremist bureaucrats Dotard has assembled, or Dotard himself, doesn't like.

I thought the article was going to be a list of inaccurate claims. But it went paragraph after paragraph of spin before it got to the first line item it had promised. It was this:

“$1.5 million to ‘advance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities’”
This is mostly accurate. USAID provided $1.5 million to a group called Grupa Izadji, which focuses on creating opportunities for young LGBTQ people.

It is completely accurate, according to the line after "mostly accurate." Why a headline about "wildly inaccurate claims," and then the first claim is accurate?

Next:

“$70,000 for production of a ‘DEI musical’ in Ireland”
This is wrong. This was a State Department grant, not USAID.

It is NOT wrong. The taxpayers don't care which agency the money was laundered through. They don't want their money spend on DEI musicals in Alabama, much less Ireland, not by USAID, nor its parent agency, the State Department.

This is wrong. This was for more than electric vehicles. USAID launched a $2.5 million fund that provided awards up to $100,000 to organizations with promising new products, business models, or financing models in Danang or Ho Chi Minh cities. The fund was part of a larger effort to bring green energy to a country that is one of the world’s fastest-growing per capita greenhouse gas emitters.

So it is NOT wrong. The U.S. taxpayers don't want to pay for electric vehicles in Vietnam, when we're already paying too much for the useless toys here.

You just proved the exact point you were arguing against, which is that there is an incredible amount of money wasted on these vanity projects in other countries.

Use the money to help farmers buy laying hens, since the price of eggs is suddenly an issue for he left. AMERICAN farmers.

 

[OKTexas]

Nothing trump/Musk are doing is exactly as it should be. Lest we forget, we've already learned about the real reason Musk attacked the USAID.

And that would be, what?

.

 

[berg80]

And that would be, what?

.

Google Musk........USAID........conflict of interest

 

[OKTexas]

Google Musk........USAID........conflict of interest

If you're making such a claim, that's on you. I'm not inclined to go on a wild goose chase.

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[berg80]

If you're making such a claim, that's on you. I'm not inclined to go on a wild goose chase.

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Keeping your head in the sand is your choice.