White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed that the United States agency for international development, known by the Usaid acronym, injected more than $ 1.64 million in diversity and inclusion actions around the world.
Donald Trump’s government spokeswoman classified spending within the agency as a “waste” after recent criticism of businessman Elon Musk, who leads the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) in the new Republican administration, and the agency’s restructuring, and the agency’s restructuring , which will continue under the direction of Secretary of State Marco Rubio, interimly.
According to Rubio, “every dollar we spend, every program we finance should be aligned with the US national interest, and USAID has a history of ignoring it and decides that it is somehow a global charity separated from the national interest ”.
Accompanied by a list, Leavitt quoted some of USAID’s recent spending: “US $ 1.5 million to promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) policies at Serbia’s workplace; Ireland; $ 47,000 for a ‘transgender opera’ in Colombia;
“As an American taxpayer, I don’t want my money to go to these things. And I know that the American people don’t want to. That’s why Elon Musk was charged with President Trump to intervene, ending the fraud, waste and the abuse of the federal government, ”added the White House press secretary on Monday (3), outside the headquarters of the Executive.
Musk said earlier that Trump had agreed to dismantle the agency, whose website and social networking accounts were disabled over the weekend.
The White House also reported that last month, Doge blocked a payment of $ 50 million to the Gaza Strip for the purpose of buying condoms.