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If the democrats earnestly cared about USAID they wouldn’t have painted a giant target on it by treating it as a slush fund for partisan pet projects. Trump an
by scarab92 2y ago
If the democrats earnestly cared about USAID they wouldn’t have painted a giant target on it by treating it as a slush fund for partisan pet projects.
Trump and Musk were crystal clear ahead of the election that they intended to stop exactly this type of partisan funding, and the public agreed at the election.
While I can appreciate there are some legal ambiguities around the specific techniques used to enact that mandate, the left appear to be attacking the mandate itself, which is undemocratic and risks creating the impression that they are attending to subvert the will of the public.
- rookderby 2y agoWatch this [0] interview with a former USAID diector. He states you dont blow up the organization and attack the non-political civil servants, you install a director that works with you on your policies. Also their IG was investigating starlink, which may be related and is certainly a conflict of interest [1]. [0] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-usaid-administrator-describes-global-impact-of-agencys-destruction https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-usaid-administrator... [1] https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365 https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating...
- scarab92 2y agoThe Starlink contract is almost certainly immaterial. It's only a temporary arrangement to support Ukraine and the contract value is under $1 million per year. If you remember Starlink even initially provided the hardware and services to Ukraine for free.