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by rookderby 496 days ago
Watch this [0] interview with a former USAID diector. He states you dont blow up the organization and attack the non-political civil servants, you install a director that works with you on your policies. Also their IG was investigating starlink, which may be related and is certainly a conflict of interest [1].

[0] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/former-usaid-administrator...

[1] https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating...

1 comments

The Starlink contract is almost certainly immaterial. It's only a temporary arrangement to support Ukraine and the contract value is under $1 million per year.

If you remember Starlink even initially provided the hardware and services to Ukraine for free.