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Democrats and other leftists in Congress and around Washington, D.C., are incensed that President Donald Trump is in the White House, and he's fulfilling a campaign promise to cut government waste through his Department of Government Efficiency and its chief, Elon Musk.
They've threatened to fight in the streets and raised both eyebrows and authorities' alarm by saying DOGE workers are wanted dead or alive.
One Republican senator has another perspective: Musk should be given a medal.
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
Musk previously hos documented his own personal stake in the abuse of taxpayer money, explaining at one point he was the "largest individual taxpayer in history."
ELON: FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'M THE LARGEST INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IN HISTORY
"For what it's worth, I'm the largest individual taxpayer in history.
I paid over $10 billion in taxes.
I thought maybe the IRS would send me a little trophy or something.
It doesn't have to be… pic.twitter.com/uPbh0ZT3QJ
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) February 7, 2025
It is Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., who listed what Musk has found while investigating fraud and waste at USAID.
"He found that the USAID has 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 QUOTE, 'advanced diversity, equity, inclusion in Serbia's workplaces and business communities.'
"They found that USAID spent $164 million to support radical organizations around the world.
"They gave $122 million of that to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations.
"According to this report in Mr. Musk, the USAID has given millions of dollars to quote organizations in Gaza controlled by Hamas.
"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.
"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 quote, art for inclusion of people with disabilities in Belarus.
"Another $3.9 million for LGBT causes in Macedoni.
"$8.3 million for equity and inclusion education in Nepal.
Kennedy's recommendation: "I think we ought to give him a medal."
Trump has confirmed that most of the USAID employees are being put on leave, with only a few hundred remaining on duty, duties that apparently are being folded into the world of the State Department.
