Bill Gates is panicking as President Donald Trump’s administration moves to scale back the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Trump administration has placed Secretary of State Marco Rubio in control of USAID following investigations by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
DOGE uncovered alarming levels of corruption of misuse of taxpayer money at USAID, prompting Trump to order the State Department to absorb the agency.
Among other bombshells, Musk revealed that USAID used tax dollars to fund the bioweapons research that developed the COVID-19 virus in a biolab in China.
However, despite the emerging controversies and scandals related to USAID, Gates said he’s “worried” about the agency being scaled back.
Gates weighed in on the investigations into USAID during a Tuesday appearance on the ABC News propaganda show “The View.”
The Microsoft co-founder claims that cutting back on USAID’s powers could result in “literally millions of deaths.”
“Well, Elon, his private sector work, you know, has been very innovative, really fantastic,” Gates said.
“A lot of private sector people, when they get into government they don’t take the time necessarily to see what the good work is or why it’s structured the way it is, so I’m a little worried, particularly with this USAID stuff.”
Gates responded to a question from co-host Sara Haines about Musk’s role in the U.S. government.
Musk had described USAID as a “viper’s nest of radical-left Marxists who hate America.”
He argues that the agency is like a “ball of worms” that needs to be “shut down.”
“My foundation partners with USAID on nutrition and getting vaccines out and, you know, there’s incredible people,” Gates said.
“You know, they’re not actually worms that work there.
“So, you know, hopefully, we’ll get some of that work back in shape.
“In fact, if we don’t, you know, you could have literally millions of deaths.”
“So, with aid, people think, you know, wow, how much do we give to these countries, as you said, it’s less than a percent,” he added.
“People think it’s 5%, and it should be 2%, but it’s actually under 1%.”
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USAID staffers were told in an email that its Washington headquarters would be closed to staffers Monday.
Some staffers reported getting locked out of the USAID computer systems overnight, according to The Associated Press.
People who remained in the system got emails stating that “at the direction of Agency leadership,” the headquarters facility “will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3.”
Musk took aim at USAID on his social media platform X, writing:
“USAID is a criminal organization.
“Time for it to die.”
Gates said he would do his best to work with Trump during an interview with the New York Times.
“I always thought of Silicon Valley as being left of center,” Gates told The Times.
“The fact that now there is a significant right-of-center group is a surprise to me.”
Gates also spoke to The Wall Street Journal about his meeting with the president and said he left the meeting impressed.
“I felt like he was energized and looking forward to helping to drive innovation,” Gates told the WSJ.
“I was frankly impressed with how well he showed a lot of interest in the issues I brought up.”
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