The start of DOGE’s deep dive into a review of federal agencies has caused quite the kerfuffle, particularly DOGE’s examination into all the bad things that have been going on with USAID.
We reported the other day how Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) called out his Democratic colleagues and some of the “tofu-eating wokeratti” for “screaming like they’re part of a prison riot because they don’t want us reviewing the spending.”
He was at it again on Thursday on the floor of the Senate, where he nuked the Democrats and USAID from orbit, listing some of the things that the Democrats didn’t want you to hear about.
Ready to have your mind blown?
Senator John Kennedy on Elon Musk and DOGE exposing USAID, “I'll tell you what Mr. Musk discovered. I find it fascinating. He discovered:
– The American taxpayers are giving money to Afghanistan
– He found that we are giving money to Yemen
– He… pic.twitter.com/605uTwKbTV— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) February 7, 2025
I’ll tell you what Mr. Musk discovered. I find it fascinating.
He discovered that the American taxpayers are giving money to Afghanistan.
He found that we are giving money to Yemen.
He found that we are giving money to Syria. [….]
He found that the USAID has 10,000 people, 10,000 people/employees and every year they give away $40 billion. [….]
He found that the USAID gave money to support electric vehicles in Vietnam. Our money, taxpayer money.
He found that the USAID gave money to a transgender clinic in India. I didn’t know that. I bet you the American people didn’t know that.
He found that USAID gave $1.5 million to a Serbian LGBTQ group…they got $1.5 million to “advance diversity, equity, inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business community.” [….]
Well, he reviewed a study and then went and checked it. The study was done by the Middle East Forum. They found that USAID spent $164 million to support radical organizations around the world. We’re not talking about Cub Scout troops here. We’re talking about radical organizations around the world. They gave $122 million of that to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations Our taxpayer money.
According to this report…the USAID has given millions of dollars to “organizations in Gaza controlled by Hamas.” Why, why aren’t my colleagues talking about that? Recipients of the money they found have, “called for their lands to be cleansed from the impurity of Jews.” That’s who we’re giving foreign aid to? [….]
He found that we gave $2 million, USAID did, for sex changes in Guatemala.
He found that we gave $20 million to produce a new Sesame Street show in Iraq.
He found that we gave $4.5 million of taxpayer money to combat misinformation in Kazakhstan.
He found that we gave $10 million, USAID did, of meals to an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group called the Nusra Front.
Mr. Musk found that we gave $7.9 million of taxpayer money to a project that would teach Sri Lankan journalists to avoid binary gendered language. The USAID took 8 million bucks and gave it to a bunch of journalists in Sri Lanka to teach them how to avoid binary gendered language…Do you think most taxpayers would support that?
USAID gave $1.5 million to promote LGBT advocacy in Jamaica.
They gave $1.5 million to rebuild the Cuban media ecosystem.
They gave $1.5 million for “art for inclusion of people with disabilities in Belarus.”
Another $3.9 million for LGBT causes in Macedonia.
$8.3 million for equity and inclusion education in Nepal.
I could go all night and many of my colleagues are upset.
They’re really mad at Mr. Musk. Hell, I think we ought to give him a medal.
If only half of this were true, it would be horrible. Yet, in truth, this list is only scratching the surface.
Plus, as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) has explained, USAID hasn’t been forthcoming about their actions when members of Congress ask questions. Indeed she says when she tried, they were threatened when she started asking about money going to Ukraine. Fortunately, President Trump has now launched an investigation into the USAID mess.
Kennedy said he wasn’t saying that everything USAID did was bad but that Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has now taken over as the acting USAID administrator, was going to separate out the good from the bad. He also observed that Democrats want to attack Musk and the process, they don’t want to talk about all the bad things that he’s been finding.
Elon Musk responded to the above video by saying “Thanks” to Kennedy.
