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Trump, USAID and Politico

How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid

Elon Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X, as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.

The Independent on MSN · 1d

Now Trump is boosting a bogus MAGA conspiracy theory about USAID funding Politico

Trump jumped on board the false claim that the USAID had been propping up Politico and other media outlets, calling it the ‘biggest scandal of all time.’

Vox.com on MSN · 21h

What a wild conspiracy theory about Politico tells us about how Trump governs

A brief spat between Elon Musk and the news organization Politico is making something quite obvious: The nation’s governance is increasingly at the whim of online conspiracy theorists.

USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M

Opinion

New Republic · 16m

How a MAGA Conspiracy on USAID Shot Straight to the White House

The far right, including Elon Musk, are pushing a conspiracy theory that the U.S. Agency for International Development secretly funds several mainstream media outlets, including Politico, the Associated Press,

Snopes on MSN · 19h

USAID paid $44K to Politico, not over $8M as White House claimed. It was for subscriptions

U.S. President Donald Trump, the White House press secretary and DOGE Director Elon Musk promoted misleading statements about USAID and Politico.

Newsweek on MSN · 1d

White House Claims Politico Received $8 Million In USAID Funding

The White House claimed Wednesday that Elon Musk's DOGE uncovered that USAID gave $8 million in funding to "subsidizing" media outlet Politico. "We are going line by line when it comes to the federal government's books.

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Elon Musk's USAID conspiracy theories and Philly's not-so-secret Super Bowl weapon: Morning Rundown

How Elon Musk brought fringe views about USAID into the mainstream. January’s jobs report is expected to show that the ...

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The Department of Paranoia

The effort to kill USAID has enshrined Elon Musk’s delusional conspiracy theories into official White House policy.

The Collapse of USAID Is Already Fueling Human Trafficking and Slavery at Scammer Compounds

The dismantling of USAID by Elon Musk's DOGE and a State Department funding freeze have severely disrupted efforts to help ...

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CEO of Politico’s parent company to Trump: ‘It’s not subsidies; it’s capitalism’

The chief executive of Politico’s parent company pushed back hard against the Trump administration’s false conspiracy theory about the publication, telling CNN that Politico has never accepted any ...

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Why Is Elon Musk Attacking USAID? How Partisan Politics Made Foreign Aid Agency Suddenly So Controversial

Elon Musk said he and Trump want to shut down the agency because of its purportedly “radical” work, but the controversy seems mired in partisan politics.

Futurism on MSN2d

Elon Musk Reportedly Has a Huge Conflict of Interest Motivating Him to Gut USAID

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has laid waste to USAID, an international development agency that spends tens ...

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Politico Goes Toe to Toe With MAGA Over Money Rumors

No, Politico did not receive USAID funds. The political news outlet was forced to issue a clarification in a staff memo on Wednesday after a right-wing conspiracy theory quickly found its way into the ...

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The Real Reason Musk Is Mad at Us

ELON MUSK, OUR NEW UNELECTED OVERLORD, is mad at Bill Kristol. Very, very mad. And because this is the world we live in now, his hordes of online minions are mad, too.

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