Posted on 02/15/2025 12:42:10 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Microsoft founder Bill Gates used an appearance with the far-left co-hosts of ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday to complain about fellow billionaire Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to shutter USAID.
“Well, Elon, his private sector work, you know, has been very innovative, really fantastic,” Gates said following news that USAID offices had been closed and the charity’s funds frozen.
“A lot of private sector people, when they get into government, they don’t take the time necessarily to see what the good work is or why it’s structured the way it is, so I’m a little worried, particularly with this USAID stuff,” Gates continued.
“My foundation partners with USAID on nutrition and getting vaccines out, and, you know, there’s incredible people,” he added. “You know, they’re not actually worms that work there. So, you know, hopefully, we’ll get some of that work back in shape. In fact, if we don’t, you know, you could have literally millions of deaths.”
USAID has recently come under scrutiny as part of Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative to reduce government waste and spending, placing added focus on the record of Samantha Power, the agency’s administrator throughout much of the Biden administration, Fox News noted.
Power, who served as the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017 during the Obama administration after a role on his National Security Council, took leadership of USAID in the early days of the Biden administration. She was tasked with overseeing the tens of billions of dollars allocated for foreign aid.
“One of the most pressing challenges facing our nation is restoring and strengthening America’s global leadership as a champion of democracy, human rights, and the dignity of all people,” then-Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in a statement at the time of Power’s appointment. “Few Americans are better equipped to help lead that work than Ambassador Samantha Power.”
Power was directly involved in the Obama administration’s surveillance of Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign and attempted to obtain Michael Flynn’s redacted identity through an “unmasking” request on at least seven occasions, as previously reported by Fox News Digital.
This came despite her testimony under oath before the House Intelligence Committee, where she claimed to have “no recollection” of ever making such a request, even once.
Supporters of Power argue that she has played a crucial role in delivering U.S. assistance to war-torn regions such as Ukraine and Gaza, as well as providing aid for humanitarian crises in countries like Haiti, Armenia, and Sudan.
USAID has faced growing criticism from Republicans over its alleged funding of coronavirus-related research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China. Additionally, the agency has come under scrutiny for millions of dollars in aid supporting LGBT rights abroad, as well as substantial funding for migrant crises in other countries.
This includes nearly $45 million earmarked for emergency food assistance and economic support for Venezuelan migrants in Colombia, Fox noted.
Musk announced in an audio-only message on X over the weekend that “we’re in the process” of “shutting down USAID.”
A Fox News Digital review of USAID’s recent history reveals that the agency has long been accused of financial mismanagement and corruption, well before Trump’s second administration. The spending that occurred under Power’s leadership is expected to remain a focal point of discussion among Republicans.
A 53-year-old Syrian national, Mahmoud Al Hafyan, was charged in November 2024 for allegedly diverting over $9 million in U.S.-funded humanitarian aid to terrorist groups, including Al-Nusrah Front, Fox reported.
LOL
There it is:
“My foundation partners with USAID on nutrition and getting vaccines out, and, you know, there’s incredible people,” he added. “You know, they’re not actually worms that work there. So, you know, hopefully, we’ll get some of that work back in shape. In fact, if we don’t, you know, you could have literally millions of deaths.”
You know. Like, literally. (Or you could, you know, prevent literally millions of deaths by, you know, not pushing Gates poison on people.)
He talks like a 13-year-old girl.
So Bill Gates formed an NGO to piss aay more of our money and now he is complaining that we don’t want to give him more.
I guess Mr. Gates regards some other workers as worms, just not workers at his foundation. Interesting.
Show us bill, go through the list of Insane spending musk has revealed intelligence which ones are worth saving!
Is it the transgender comic book for somewhere in Africa?
Exactly nobody believes this loser wants to save lives. Wanna be dr. Evil
Methinks that Gates’ “freaking out” is more in anticipation of the confirmation of Kash Patel and the release of the Epstein client files (not list).
Then he will really freak out.
Gwjack
Maybe Melinda will be comfortable tlaking about her ex and his dalliances.
Not much of the USAid money went to ‘feed children’...
And why the big push for kink in Middle Eastern Countries?
Maybe because ME cultures understand the power and use of bribes. It’s why so many democrats went to the middle east to ‘sell’ their ‘speeches’ for $10,000 A MINUTE. People in the ME resented the BS - as they also had to hire audiences to make the bribe oops I mean ‘the speech’ look legitimate to gullible US voters.
Democrats have been doing this stuff a long time - and their butt boys in the press covered for them. Just like they covered for demented old Joe... and will cover for the new lies. Of course we’ll have to look at all these USAid ‘grants’ to see if kickbacks were involved... and if we find them - 51 intelligence goons and the MSM will tell us NOT to trust our eyes.
Gates is a depopulation guy, so why is he complaining?
If we don’t have that money, how can we reduce the population by 95%?
This POS is one of the most wealthy people on the planet.
He does not need government funding for his charitable work- he can do it out of his deep pockets.
ERROR 666: SOCIALIST JARGON DETECTED
Restart your brain and try again.
Very true .
This lunatic madman wanted to block out the sun
in Sweden without permission and they stopped him .
Who is Gates trying to fool here; faking concern that exposing the rot and theft and waste at USAID might cause thousands of deaths?! Let us not forget that Gates’ and his fellow WEF elites’ greatest aim and desire is to kill off several billion of Earth’s population. This was/is the motivation behing Wuhan Labs, the Covid-19 Plandemic, and the lethal phony “vaccines” which have now been found to cause cancer in the recipients.
Of course he is. USAID is one of his deep state funding tools.
What experience other than the private sector gives Gates the right to question Musks actions with Doge? has Musk bought up hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland to control food supplies, has Musk conspired to put unsafe additives in milk that cause failures in reproduction and other health issues, has Musk worked with WHO and WEF to control population and how people are allowed to live? Gates needs to ESAD, ASAP!
He ought to be more worried about Kash Patel releasing the FBI files on Epstein Island.
I wonder if Gates owned the Georgia Guidestones?” 😀
A shorter list would be:
WHAT ARE THEY NOT TRYING TO HIDE ?
They are... who are these great unknowns? Hopefully They have been fired!
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