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Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by novia on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:53PM (#42922952)
They are currently in the process of tearing down USAID, which provides money to other countries to help with things like disease eradication.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-musk-usaid-c0c7799be0b2fa7c...

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by watwut on Monday February 03, 2025 @04:10PM (#42923189)
It is not the only thing they do. So, no. There are 0 signs of any care for Americans. And there were zero signs of any such care from either of the gentlemen, ever.

We don't have to pretend naivity.

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by 9dev on Monday February 03, 2025 @05:26PM (#42924187)
Which sounds kind of useful, considering these diseases a) carry over to the USA, b) diminish the buying power of those the USA exports goods to, and c) helps these countries to improve their economies, leading to a bigger market for American products.

Does the Republican Party have any humans with brains left, or is it all slime molds now??

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by bitsage on Monday February 03, 2025 @06:12PM (#42924712)
Emergency and humanitarian aid will remain. I’m sure all the political and cultural funding is gone though. For instance, Pepfar is still running.

https://www.state.gov/emergency-humanitarian-waiver-to-forei...

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by nomdep on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @12:13AM (#42928295)
USAID mission is not about “aid”, is what finances overthrowing/influencing foreign governments: https://x.com/iammurphycolet/status/1886407439047614962
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by olleromam91 on Thursday February 06, 2025 @06:49PM (#42967691)
You could also call this "defending against anti-american expansion". Which seems like a thing foreign adversaries would love for the US to stop doing, if only they had a few folks on the inside to help them...
Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by arandomusername on Friday February 07, 2025 @06:52PM (#42978873)
So now we are pro imperialism?

This stuff is also what breeds hate against US world wide. People are tired of foreign government mendling in their country.

Re:The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Gov... by leovingi on Thursday February 06, 2025 @07:23AM (#42961687)
Don't forget funding Sesame Street in Iraq to the tune of $20M