President Donald Trump’s ‘Crypto Czar’ David Sacks explained why the exposure of USAID by DOGE is throwing the Washington establishment into a full-blown panic.
In an appearance on the ‘All In’ podcast last week, Sacks, a billionaire venture capitalist, said that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has revealed that the USAID’s entire infrastructure was built to enrich the DC elites and liberal establishment.
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“We’re in debt almost $40 trillion, and anytime anyone tries to cut anything in Washington, the whole city screams bloody murder. The question is, why? Well, now we know. The money is all going to them,” Sacks said.
NEW: @DavidSacks blasts USAID for using American taxpayers to fund left-wing organizations and policies around the world.
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“New York Times, getting paid. Politico, getting paid. Bill Kristol, perennial warmonger, getting paid. Ukraine, like 11 out of 12 publications, getting paid. Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, was saying his political opposition is funded by USAID.”
“In Poland, the left-wing political opposition is funded by USAID. BBC in the U.K. Every left-wing organization in the world seems to be getting paid by this slush fund at USAID, which distributes $50 billion a year. That’s a billion dollars a week. That’s a lot of money.”
Sacks went on to note that the exposure of USAID’s funding has called into question the popularity of certain left-wing causes, claiming they’re all actually “astroturfed” with taxpayer funding rather than promoted by grassroots support.
“It makes you wonder. The left, in general, tries to portray itself as a movement of the people. That it’s grassroots, this is the exact opposite. This is astroturf,” Sacks explained.
“This money is coming from the top down out of Washington to fund all these groups all over the world. So it makes you wonder, what is the real level of local support for these left-wing policies all over the world?”
Watch Sacks’ full remarks: