Musk, Trump slam USAID as 'corrupt,'  'incompetent' - video Dailymotion

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Musk, Trump slam USAID as 'corrupt,'  'incompetent'  US President Donald Trump and billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk criticize the foreign aid agency USAID during a White House press conference on Feb. 11, 2025, calling it 'incompetent' and 'corrupt.' Musk, recently appointed head of the Department of Government Efficiency, acknowledged that USAID 'does some worthy things' but argued the agency does 'too much' to influence elections in 'dubious ways' that “'do not stand the light of day.' Trump responded by reaffirming his commitment to oversight, stating he was elected to ensure honesty in government. He added that his scrutiny would extend beyond USAID to areas like education and the military. Following the order, USAID staff were placed on leave, instructed not to report to headquarters, and its signage was removed or covered. The agency’s website went offline, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio was appointed acting administrator.  US NETWORK POOL/REUTERS  Subscribe to The Manila Times Channel - https://tmt.ph/YTSubscribe  Visit our website at https://www.manilatimes.net  Follow us:  Facebook - https://tmt.ph/facebook  Instagram - https://tmt.ph/instagram  Twitter - https://tmt.ph/twitter  DailyMotion - https://tmt.ph/dailymotion   Subscribe to our Digital Edition - https://tmt.ph/digital   Check out our Podcasts:  Spotify - https://tmt.ph/spotify  Apple Podcasts - https://tmt.ph/applepodcasts  Amazon Music - https://tmt.ph/amazonmusic  Deezer: https://tmt.ph/deezer Stitcher: https://tmt.ph/stitcher  Tune In: https://tmt.ph/tunein  Soundcloud: https://tmt.ph/soundcloud   #TheManilaTimes #tmtnews #elonmusk #donaldtrump #USAID

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00:00Yeah, so that's an interesting example. So that's something where we work closely with the State Department and Secretary Rubio.

00:07And we have, for example, turned on funding for Ebola prevention and for HIV prevention.

00:13You left that.

00:14Yes, correct. And we are moving fast, so we will make mistakes, but we'll also fix the mistakes very quickly.

00:22Do you see it as a worthy cause, USAID?

00:25I think that there are some worthy things, but overall, if you say, what was the bang for the buck, I would say it was not very good.

00:32And there was far too much of what USAID was doing was influencing elections in ways that I think were dubious and do not stand the light of day.

00:44Maybe they're very good at investing, in which case we should take their investment advice perhaps.

00:50But just for the sake of the country, I hope that the person that's in charge and the other people that report to me that are in charge are allowed to do the right thing,

01:01namely make sure everything's honest, legitimate, and competent.

01:05But we're looking at just when you look at USAID, that's one.

01:11We're going to look at the military. We're going to look at education.

01:14They're much bigger areas, but the USAID is really corrupt.

01:19I'll tell you, it's corrupt. It's incompetent, and it's really corrupt.

01:23And I can't imagine a judge saying, well, it may be corrupt, but you don't have the right.

01:28You got elected to look over the country and to, as we say, make America great again,

01:33but you don't have the right to go and look and see whether or not things are right that they're paying or that things are honest that they're paying.

01:40Are you policing yourself in that? Is there any sort of accountability check and balance in place that would?

01:46We have massive amounts of fraud that we caught.

01:50I think we probably caught way over a lot of billions of dollars already in, what, two weeks?

01:57And it's going to go to numbers that you're not going to believe.

02:10And.

Musk, Trump slam USAID as 'corrupt,' 'incompetent'

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