In a recent interview, Melinda French Gates criticized Elon Musk's decision to cut foreign aid programs without sufficient understanding of their impact. She emphasized the importance of firsthand experience, urging Musk to travel and witness global poverty before implementing such significant changes. Musk's controversial cuts, made through the Department of Government Efficiency, have laid off thousands of workers and affected vital aid programs. Gates highlighted the need to balance domestic issues with global humanitarian efforts, warning that these cuts could exacerbate worldwide poverty and disease.
"Go travel. Then decide what you're going to do," French Gates said of Musk. "Yes, people in our own country are hurting. We need to do things about that. But people are really hurting around the world, and I don't think we want more poverty and more disease when we have a program that's working."
Musk took aim at the US Agency for International Development, shortly after President Trump took office, as they announced substantial cuts to foreign aid, stating, "We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper."
French Gates emphasizes the importance of understanding global conditions before making significant changes to foreign aid, urging Musk to travel and witness the impact of these policies firsthand.
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