Musk Escalates Unproven USAID Claims In Fiery Posts—As Studies Link DOGE Cuts To Child Deaths
Key takeaways
- Topline Elon Musk on Tuesday doubled down on spreading unproven claims about the U.S.
- In another post late on Monday, responding to a separate response from Kristof, Musk called Kristof “an utter piece of s— and a liar.”
- On Tuesday, Musk posted an image of what appears to be three militants in USAID-branded shelter materials, claiming without evidence in a follow-up post, “This is how USAID spent your tax dollars.”
Topline Elon Musk on Tuesday doubled down on spreading unproven claims about the U.S. Agency for International Development’s spending, making his latest fiery post in response to findings showing the Department of Government Efficiency’s dismantling of the humanitarian organization led to an increase in deaths.
One study found Musk’s closing of the U.S. Agency for International Development could cause the deaths of millions of children.Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.Key FactsMusk, in a post on X on Sunday, claimed those who say DOGE’s USAID cuts resulted in deaths “cannot cite a single name of someone who died out of the ‘millions’ they falsely claim have died. Not a single name!”
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who last year identified specific people he says died after USAID-backed services were disrupted, quickly responded with the names of four he said died because of the cuts, including an 8-year-old girl, and suggested the world’s richest person travel to Africa with him to “talk to these moms and dads, and you’ll see the dying children themselves.”