Musk Appears To Endorse Ending All US Foreign Aid

The financial site Benzinga reports:

Ron Paul, a former U.S. Congressman, has an “easy” suggestion for Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) co-lead Vivek Ramaswamy. Paul urged the elimination of foreign aid, highlighting its economic and moral implications.

The newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Musk and Ramaswamy, aims to cut federal spending by up to $2 trillion. However, experts predict only marginal savings, estimated between $50–100 billion annually, against a federal budget deficit projected to reach $1.7 trillion in 2024.

Musk has expressed interest in having Paul join the DOGE team, highlighting his potential role in shaping fiscal policies.

Read the full article. The majority of US foreign aid is aimed at mitigating famine and disease, recovery from natural disasters and war, and supporting struggling democracies of strategic importance to US political, military, and business interests. In the responses to his tweets below, Musk’s far-right reply guys – many of whom he regularly amplifies – are barking that foreign aid is “treason.” 

@DOGE will address this with full transparency for the American people https://t.co/NobU3ig5xb

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 6, 2024

Why are we doing this when our own country is so deeply in debt? https://t.co/3vSQmMJdBH

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 2024