In a podcast interview that was made public on Friday, U2 frontman Paul David Hewsonpopularly known under the nickname Bonotold Joe Rogan that more than 300,000 people worldwide died due to serious cuts on the financing of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) – A statement that the billionaire quickly denied and Bono called a “liar”.
What happened: During an appearance on the Joe Rogan experience, Bono mentioned a report that suggested that more than 300,000 people, mainly children, died of the abrupt financing freezing at USAID.
He said that the cutbacks resulted in food, water and medical assistance that was stranded by massive fired from important staff.
“Food rot in boats, in warehouses – 50,000 tons of it,” said Bono. “The people who knew the codes, who were responsible for distributing that help, were fired. That is not America, right?”
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The statistics comes from modeling done by Brooke NicholsAn expert in the field of infectious diseases at Boston University.
Musk responded to Bono’s commentary on his social media platform, Xearlier Twitter” proverb“He is such a liar/I ****,” adds: “Zero people died!”
Why it is important: The USAID budget was reduced by more than 80% earlier this year, after performing the Doge van Trump who authorized Dog to reduce $ 1 trillion on federal expenses, reported The times.
The programs of USAID, which once supported food aid, clean water access and HIV treatment in more than 120 countries, are largely dismantled or folded in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.) State Secretary pressed Marco Rubio about whether someone had died because of the cutbacks, which Rubio called a lie, reported The Washington Post.
Rubio also called the question “unfair” and pointed to auxiliary reductions from other countries.
Meanwhile, on Friday, Musk ended his controversial Stint of four months as head of De Doge.
Despite not delivering the expected savings, president Donald Trump presented him one Golden key to the White House In a symbolic gesture of appreciation.
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