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The speaker makes a common error in quoting absolute numbers without discussing how much of an overall pool they represent. The numbers quoted also aren’t given dates making it impossible to know if the spending happened under the outgoing administration or a previous one. They then go on to offer no alternative, just a bunch of undirected outrage. If you find yourself outraged at nothing specific, question if you are being manipulated.

There are claims of fraud made but not backed up by the evidence presented. On the contrary, audit results that detailed leave few places for fraud to hide.

There’s much to debate around the investment choices cherry-picked for the camera, but they’re cherry picked! You can be certain 6-7 different examples exist that would make USAID look like saints.

All that said, it’s good to see them on camera justifying the decision.