He's posting numbers from a public government website and then making unsubstantiated claims about what they mean.
Even if you think he isn't making it all up, surely you would want him to post evidence stronger than "trust me, bro", wouldn't you?
Now we know why mainstream media was so left-wing
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Even if you think he isn't making it all up, surely you would want him to post evidence stronger than "trust me, bro", wouldn't you?
The unwashed masses believes everything he says, because he is a fascist. He made the salute.
It is only the leftists in government that lie all the time.
That's not what he's doing at all.
He's currently auditing all the books starting with USAID, and Trump has said the Pentagon will be next.
Here is just one example of government waste
Again, that's reported here: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_75N98024P02386_7529_-NONE-_-NONE-
And that isn't USAID, it's HHS.
He's also claiming he cancelled it and lots of "administrative expenses" so he's just going in and cutting things he doesn't like, without offering any proof that it is waste and abuse.
Like I said.
This is just "I don't like this spending".
Going by your posts on Terb you are clearly left-wing, and the Democratic party is obviously also left-wing, so you just don't like what's going on right now. Especially when it's the Republicans, Elon and Trump doing all the cost cutting.
If roles were reversed, and Democrats were cutting all of Trump's programs, you'd be cheering it on
Haha Jennings nailed the Democrat/Leftist strategy on the issues of our time.
I love how Jon Steward dismantles the utter stupidity of Kathleen Hicks' contention.
Billions have disappeared into thin air... but that's not waste and corruption.
She's part of the problem. Justification of corruption and lack of accountability.
Billions have disappeared into thin air... but that's not waste and corruption.
She's part of the problem. Justification of corruption and lack of accountability.
This BS from Trump about subsidizing the "left wing media" is similar to his lies about the USA "subsidizing Canada to the tune of $200 Billion". We know where he pulled out those outrageous numbers and allegations!! 
News outlets reject Trump accusations of USAID media 'payoff'
News outlets reject Trump accusations of USAID media 'payoff'
Proves that the Righties are buying all the online Conspiracy Theories and spreading more and more fake news. No wonder that The Musky Musk had to delete some of his false tweets!!
Elon Musk Baselessly Claims USAID Was ‘Money Laundering’ For Left-Wing Organizations: The Biggest DOGE Hoaxes Spread On X
Billionaire and government efficiency chief Elon Musk has repeatedly spread baseless or outright false claims about the gutted U.S. Agency for International Development on X, including an unsupported claim the agency was a form “money laundering” and that it paid celebrities millions to visit Ukraine.
Many false and misleading claims about USAID spending practices have spread quickly on X, propped up by billionaires including Musk and Bill Ackman.
IS USAID A FORM OF “MONEY LAUNDERING?”
There’s no evidence to suggest USAID has engaged in money laundering. On Saturday afternoon, Musk reposted a claim on X that suggested USAID was a “form of money laundering tax payers money into far-left organizations,” adding: “Absolutely,” though neither poster offered sources or factual information. Although Republicans have criticized the organization for alleged wasteful spending, there’s no evidence that USAID was engaging in criminal behavior to support left-wing organizations.
DID CHELSEA CLINTON GET A BIG PAYCHECK FROM USAID?
No. Several viral posts on X claimed Chelsea Clinton raked in a large $84 million sum from USAID—but the reference to Clinton actually refers to her family’s Clinton Foundation, and the only Clinton-related organization that has received USAID money is the Clinton Health Access Initiative, to which USAID gave $7.5 million in 2019, according to USASpending.gov.The grant given to the Clinton Health Access Initiative was used to fund health services in Zambia between 2019 and 2021, and Chelsea Clinton receives no compensation as a board member, including during the years the grant money was used, according to IRS documents.
DID USAID PAY CELEBRITIES TO VISIT UKRAINE—INCLUDING BEN STILLER AND ANGELINA JOLIE?
There is no evidence USAID paid celebrities to visit Ukraine. Several viral social media posts accused USAID of paying Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn and Orlando Bloom to travel to Ukraine and take pictures with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Forbes has reached out to Stiller, Jolie, Penn and Bloom for comment). Stiller called the claims“totally false” and “untrue” in a post on X, clarifying he self-funded his trip to Ukraine and has not received money from USAID, and Penn’s litigation attorney Mathew Rosengart told Forbes the claims are “completely false,” noting Penn self-funded his visit and threatening to take legal action if the “defamatory statements continue.” Musk amplified these false claims on X, reposting a video that was fabricated to look like it had been reported by E! News (E! News denied in a statement to AFP that it created the video).
DID USAID FUND RESEARCH THAT CAUSED COVID-19?
No. Musk reposted an unproven claim that USAID funded research by scientific nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance that led to the creation of COVID-19. Although USAID and other government agencies have given it funds, and some of EcoHealth Alliance’s methods are controversial, the group has previously said the viruses it studied were not similar enough to COVID-19 to have been related to the start of the pandemic.
DID POLITICO GET PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT?
Yes—but for subscriptions, not USAID grants. Musk, Trumpand other right-wing figures have spread false claims that USAID gave the news outlet Politico millions of dollars, which Trump baselessly claimed was to write “good stories about the Democrats,” suggesting this could be the “biggest scandal” in history. But Politico never received any donations from USAID, according to funding records on USASpending.gov and a statement from the company. USAID spent $44,000 between 2023 and 2024 on subscriptions to Politico Pro, which the news outlet describes as “a professional subscription service used by companies, organizations, and, yes, some government agencies,” and is targeted to specialized users in the private sector who want to track legislation, policy and news (subscriptions reportedly start at about $10,000). Politico said it has never received any government subsidies or grants, and clarified USAID’s purchase was a “transaction,” not “funding.” Conspiracies about Politico being funded by USAID spreadafter a “technical error” caused paychecks for Politico staff to be delayed earlier this week, leading some X users to jump to the false conclusion that USAID, which was gutted before the payroll issue, must have been funding the outlet.
DID USAID FUND OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS—LIKE THE BBC?
Other news outlets faced similar hoaxes as Politico, as X users made misleading—and in some cases, outright false—claims about payments by USAID to media companies. Like Politico, some of these transactions were payments for subscriptions by government agencies—not grants or subsidies. The New York Times said it had not received any grants, and clarified the federal funds it received were “payments for subscriptions that government offices and agencies have purchased to better understand the world.” Reuters and the Associated Press also said they have not received government grants, and agencies had purchased subscriptions instead. USAID and other government agencies have funded some global media organizations, but not many of the big-name outlets targeted on X. The BBC said in a statement its charity arm supporting local media worldwide, BBC Media Action, received about 8% of its income from the U.S. government between 2023 and 2024, but the charity is wholly separate from BBC News, which did not receive any funding. Federal records show USAID made a $1.9 million donation to the BBC’s media charity—not BBC News—to support its efforts in India. The rumors USAID funded BBC News were boosted by Musk and billionaire Marc Andreessen in a now-deleted tweet. USAID’s funding efforts have supported other journalism outfits in countries with limited democracy or free press, including media in Ukraine and Russia as well as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which supports corruption reporting worldwide.
DID USAID FUND CONDOMS IN GAZA—OR AFGHANISTAN?
Various rumors that DOGE identified millions in U.S. spending on condoms in Gaza and the Middle East have spread with no evidence. Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed last week USAID spent $50 million on condoms in Gaza. Leavitt may have been referring to USAID grants issued to the International Medical Corps, a group that provides aid to victims of war, totaling more than $100 million, in which “family planning programming,” including contraceptives, were included, which is typical for aid packages to developing countries, the Associated Pressreported. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., claimed in a CNN interview Thursday that USAID spent $15 million on condoms for the Taliban, echoing a claim made earlier this week by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla. The Atlantic reported USAID had in the past funded condoms for Afghan citizens, not for the Taliban (which controls the Afghan government), but CNN reported the agency did not fund any condoms for the entire Middle East during the three previous fiscal years. In posts on X, Musk said the United States should “NOT be sending US taxpayer money to buy condoms for foreigners,” and baselessly claimed money for contraceptives “ended up in the pockets [of] Hamas.”
DID USAID FUND A ‘TRANSGENDER OPERA’ AND A ‘DEI MUSICAL?’
No. Leavitt, and several viral posts on X, claimed USAID spent thousands on a “transgender opera in Colombia”—and although the government did give a grant to a Colombian university to increase transgender representation in opera, it wasn’t USAID. The State Department gave $25,000 to the Universidad De Los Andes in Bogotá for that purpose in 2021. Similarly, the State Department—not USAID—gave $70,000 in 2022 to fund a musical in Ireland that promoted “diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.”
DID USAID SPEND $6 MILLION ON ‘TOURISM IN EGYPT?’
No. USAID announced a $6 million payment to Egypt to “increase educational opportunities and strengthen the livelihoods of the people of North Sinai”—not to fund tourism, as the White House claimed. The White House’s fact sheet links to a USAID announcement that does not mention tourism at all and was issued in 2019—during Trump’s first administration.
WERE ANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS OF USAID SPENDING TRUE?
Yes. USAID did provide funding for several programs that have been slammed by Republicans. USAID gave $1.5 million in 2022 to “advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities” and to increase employment opportunities for LGBTQ Serbians. The payment was slammed by Leavitt and several Republican members of Congress, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The White House also criticized a $2 million payment by USAID for “sex changes” in Guatemala—which is not true. But USAID did make a $2 million payment to “strengthen trans-led organizations” and “gender-affirming health care” in Guatemala, though gender-affirming careencompasses more than surgeries and it’s unclear what medical care the grant was used for.
www.forbes.com
Elon Musk Baselessly Claims USAID Was ‘Money Laundering’ For Left-Wing Organizations: The Biggest DOGE Hoaxes Spread On X
Billionaire and government efficiency chief Elon Musk has repeatedly spread baseless or outright false claims about the gutted U.S. Agency for International Development on X, including an unsupported claim the agency was a form “money laundering” and that it paid celebrities millions to visit Ukraine.
Many false and misleading claims about USAID spending practices have spread quickly on X, propped up by billionaires including Musk and Bill Ackman.
IS USAID A FORM OF “MONEY LAUNDERING?”
There’s no evidence to suggest USAID has engaged in money laundering. On Saturday afternoon, Musk reposted a claim on X that suggested USAID was a “form of money laundering tax payers money into far-left organizations,” adding: “Absolutely,” though neither poster offered sources or factual information. Although Republicans have criticized the organization for alleged wasteful spending, there’s no evidence that USAID was engaging in criminal behavior to support left-wing organizations.
DID CHELSEA CLINTON GET A BIG PAYCHECK FROM USAID?
No. Several viral posts on X claimed Chelsea Clinton raked in a large $84 million sum from USAID—but the reference to Clinton actually refers to her family’s Clinton Foundation, and the only Clinton-related organization that has received USAID money is the Clinton Health Access Initiative, to which USAID gave $7.5 million in 2019, according to USASpending.gov.The grant given to the Clinton Health Access Initiative was used to fund health services in Zambia between 2019 and 2021, and Chelsea Clinton receives no compensation as a board member, including during the years the grant money was used, according to IRS documents.
DID USAID PAY CELEBRITIES TO VISIT UKRAINE—INCLUDING BEN STILLER AND ANGELINA JOLIE?
There is no evidence USAID paid celebrities to visit Ukraine. Several viral social media posts accused USAID of paying Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie, Sean Penn and Orlando Bloom to travel to Ukraine and take pictures with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Forbes has reached out to Stiller, Jolie, Penn and Bloom for comment). Stiller called the claims“totally false” and “untrue” in a post on X, clarifying he self-funded his trip to Ukraine and has not received money from USAID, and Penn’s litigation attorney Mathew Rosengart told Forbes the claims are “completely false,” noting Penn self-funded his visit and threatening to take legal action if the “defamatory statements continue.” Musk amplified these false claims on X, reposting a video that was fabricated to look like it had been reported by E! News (E! News denied in a statement to AFP that it created the video).
DID USAID FUND RESEARCH THAT CAUSED COVID-19?
No. Musk reposted an unproven claim that USAID funded research by scientific nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance that led to the creation of COVID-19. Although USAID and other government agencies have given it funds, and some of EcoHealth Alliance’s methods are controversial, the group has previously said the viruses it studied were not similar enough to COVID-19 to have been related to the start of the pandemic.
DID POLITICO GET PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT?
Yes—but for subscriptions, not USAID grants. Musk, Trumpand other right-wing figures have spread false claims that USAID gave the news outlet Politico millions of dollars, which Trump baselessly claimed was to write “good stories about the Democrats,” suggesting this could be the “biggest scandal” in history. But Politico never received any donations from USAID, according to funding records on USASpending.gov and a statement from the company. USAID spent $44,000 between 2023 and 2024 on subscriptions to Politico Pro, which the news outlet describes as “a professional subscription service used by companies, organizations, and, yes, some government agencies,” and is targeted to specialized users in the private sector who want to track legislation, policy and news (subscriptions reportedly start at about $10,000). Politico said it has never received any government subsidies or grants, and clarified USAID’s purchase was a “transaction,” not “funding.” Conspiracies about Politico being funded by USAID spreadafter a “technical error” caused paychecks for Politico staff to be delayed earlier this week, leading some X users to jump to the false conclusion that USAID, which was gutted before the payroll issue, must have been funding the outlet.
DID USAID FUND OTHER MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS—LIKE THE BBC?
Other news outlets faced similar hoaxes as Politico, as X users made misleading—and in some cases, outright false—claims about payments by USAID to media companies. Like Politico, some of these transactions were payments for subscriptions by government agencies—not grants or subsidies. The New York Times said it had not received any grants, and clarified the federal funds it received were “payments for subscriptions that government offices and agencies have purchased to better understand the world.” Reuters and the Associated Press also said they have not received government grants, and agencies had purchased subscriptions instead. USAID and other government agencies have funded some global media organizations, but not many of the big-name outlets targeted on X. The BBC said in a statement its charity arm supporting local media worldwide, BBC Media Action, received about 8% of its income from the U.S. government between 2023 and 2024, but the charity is wholly separate from BBC News, which did not receive any funding. Federal records show USAID made a $1.9 million donation to the BBC’s media charity—not BBC News—to support its efforts in India. The rumors USAID funded BBC News were boosted by Musk and billionaire Marc Andreessen in a now-deleted tweet. USAID’s funding efforts have supported other journalism outfits in countries with limited democracy or free press, including media in Ukraine and Russia as well as the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, which supports corruption reporting worldwide.
DID USAID FUND CONDOMS IN GAZA—OR AFGHANISTAN?
Various rumors that DOGE identified millions in U.S. spending on condoms in Gaza and the Middle East have spread with no evidence. Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed last week USAID spent $50 million on condoms in Gaza. Leavitt may have been referring to USAID grants issued to the International Medical Corps, a group that provides aid to victims of war, totaling more than $100 million, in which “family planning programming,” including contraceptives, were included, which is typical for aid packages to developing countries, the Associated Pressreported. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., claimed in a CNN interview Thursday that USAID spent $15 million on condoms for the Taliban, echoing a claim made earlier this week by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla. The Atlantic reported USAID had in the past funded condoms for Afghan citizens, not for the Taliban (which controls the Afghan government), but CNN reported the agency did not fund any condoms for the entire Middle East during the three previous fiscal years. In posts on X, Musk said the United States should “NOT be sending US taxpayer money to buy condoms for foreigners,” and baselessly claimed money for contraceptives “ended up in the pockets [of] Hamas.”
DID USAID FUND A ‘TRANSGENDER OPERA’ AND A ‘DEI MUSICAL?’
No. Leavitt, and several viral posts on X, claimed USAID spent thousands on a “transgender opera in Colombia”—and although the government did give a grant to a Colombian university to increase transgender representation in opera, it wasn’t USAID. The State Department gave $25,000 to the Universidad De Los Andes in Bogotá for that purpose in 2021. Similarly, the State Department—not USAID—gave $70,000 in 2022 to fund a musical in Ireland that promoted “diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.”
DID USAID SPEND $6 MILLION ON ‘TOURISM IN EGYPT?’
No. USAID announced a $6 million payment to Egypt to “increase educational opportunities and strengthen the livelihoods of the people of North Sinai”—not to fund tourism, as the White House claimed. The White House’s fact sheet links to a USAID announcement that does not mention tourism at all and was issued in 2019—during Trump’s first administration.
WERE ANY OF THE CONTROVERSIAL CLAIMS OF USAID SPENDING TRUE?
Yes. USAID did provide funding for several programs that have been slammed by Republicans. USAID gave $1.5 million in 2022 to “advance diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia’s workplaces and business communities” and to increase employment opportunities for LGBTQ Serbians. The payment was slammed by Leavitt and several Republican members of Congress, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. The White House also criticized a $2 million payment by USAID for “sex changes” in Guatemala—which is not true. But USAID did make a $2 million payment to “strengthen trans-led organizations” and “gender-affirming health care” in Guatemala, though gender-affirming careencompasses more than surgeries and it’s unclear what medical care the grant was used for.
Elon Musk Baselessly Claims USAID Was ‘Money Laundering’ For Left-Wing Organizations: The Biggest DOGE Hoaxes Spread On X
False claims about the United States Agency for International Development’s spending have gone viral on social media, frequently boosted by Department of Government Efficiency leader Elon Musk.
www.forbes.com
I claim myself wildly more left-wing than the Democratic party, or indeed most of TERB.
(Whether that is just something I say on TERB because it annoys all the right people is a separate issue.)
Not if they were doing it illegally, no.
I'm still very concerned with the structure of power in the government, despite my belief in the many flaws of the institutions involved.
This BS from Trump about subsidizing the "left wing media" is similar to his lies about the USA "subsidizing Canada to the tune of $200 Billion". We know where he pulled out those outrageous numbers and allegations!!
You are working under the assumption this is about facts.
As you can see, it really isn't.
But also, USAID is largely a distraction.
It's flashy, foreign aid is not very popular, and it is easy to make up bs stories about.
So it is good for attention grabbing and setting a narrative.
It's so little money, though, that it isn't what you go after if you are trying to cut 2 trillion from the budget.
But it can be used to establish power, get into the computers, fight legal fights, etc.
Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid.
That's where they want to go and get the money.
Men claims Haiti only received 2% of all the billions that was earmarked for their recovery after 2010 earthquake
I am fully aware that Musk does not have the real facts.
It is all about spreading misinformation to the base that believes his so called Gospel Truths with the waste. As I stated, it is just a ploy to shut down the Public Works sectors without any concerns about how the low and middle income Americans will be truly impacted. Only then will they realize what this "Project 2025" that Trump denied having any knowledge of, but yet is being implemented, and is going to hit them in their pockets!!
We figured there were mega-bucks in there. Let's not forget Trudope subsidizes our own media to the tune of $600 million so we never know just what an ogre he really is.Now we know why mainstream media was so left-wing, and so anti-Trump.
They were worried about losing their funding
#BREAKING: Elizabeth Warren just ASSAULTED me on camera for asking her WHY she’s so against DOGE & transparency Or maybe it was because I asked Pocahontas how she amassed a net worth of over $12 MILLION on a $200K government salary Either way, it’s clear these clowns are NOT able to answer questions. They’re only capable of spewing talking points fed to them by their handlers/lobbyist. HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE! We’re the media now.
