President Donald Trump on Feb. 4 praised the work of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), saying it and Elon Musk have uncovered massive amounts of fraud and misuse of federal funds.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in particular has been a recent target of DOGE’s scrutiny and Trump’s ire. On Feb. 3 Musk said on X that he had “spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper.”
“Look, he’s done a great job,” Trump told reporters at an Oval Office press conference. “Look at all the fraud that he’s found in this USAID. It’s a disaster. … With money going to all sorts of groups that shouldn’t deserve to get any money. … I’d like to see what the kickbacks are.”…