Louisiana Republican Sen. John Kennedy said on Friday that Democrats attacked Elon Musk, co-chair of the Government’s Office of Efficiency (DOGE), voters sought “expenditure porn” at the US Agency for International Development (USAID). He said he was trying not to notice.
The Trump administration has announced plans for layoffs that will affect the USAID workforce, the New York Times’s 95% It has been reported Thursday. Kennedy said despite Democrats’ claims, President Donald Trump has the power to “review spending” that he “delegates” to Tesla CEOs. (Related: Fox News hosts say only those “armed” about Trump, musk cuts are “organized government bureaucrats”)
“I was particularly meticulous about what the president had to say about his spending reviews. I think it’s fair to say that President Trump is being dug like a tick,” Kennedy said. told Martha McCallum, host of “The Story.” “He’s going to continue. He ran on the issue and said, ‘If I’m elected president, I’ll review my spending.” I don’t know how to review spending without reviewing it now. A fair person cannot doubt that the US president has the authority to consider spending in the administrative sector. He delegated that authority to Elon Musk. ”
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Trump has appointed Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to co-chair Dogenov. After winning 12 presidency. Ramaswamy will leave Doge on January 20th and will be taking part in the 2026 Ohio Governor’s Race.
“Most of my democratic colleagues and members of the tofu crowd are very upset. They scream as if Musk had stolen their dog or something,” Kennedy said. “But one thing they haven’t said is that Musk is finding out. Just on USAID, he found hundreds of millions, perhaps billions of dollars of spending porn.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended the decision to significantly reduce USAID’s workforce on Monday at a press conference in El Salvador, saying his concerns about its oversight began when he was in Congress, and the agency said ” As intended, “it doesn’t respond completely” and “it’s not working.” Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst also expressed his complaints on February 3rd. Discussion X has musk and ramaswamy, and its USAID official I was threatened After she asked for information on humanitarian assistance to Ukraine as part of parliamentary oversight.
USAID has received acute criticism from conservatives for repeated funding for left-wing social causes. The agency also reportedly funded the EcoHealth Alliance, which helped it benefit the feature at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Also, the outlet Organized Crime and Corruption Reports cited in the whiss complaint that led to Trump in the complaint of former New York City Republican mayor Rudy Giuliani, then Lieutenant Colonel Armie Alexander Vindman. Funded the project (OCCRP). First bullet each. (Related: “Just Let It Go”: CNN analysts worry that USAID is a “loser” for “toothless” Democrats)
USAID also spent $45 million on grants to promote Burma’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) scholarships and $21 million on the Washington Times’ renewable electricity It has been reported. The agency also provided millions of dollars to Palestine. Part of it is feared to be left in the hands of Hamas, the radical Islamic terrorist group that launched a deadly terrorist attack in southern Israel on October 7, 2023.
Trump’s Presidential Order Freezing most foreign aid programs during reassessed and reorganized spending was supported by 56% of Reuters IPSOS respondents Public opinion poll It was released on Wednesday.
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