How Trump Saved Elon: The USAID Starlink Probe Cover Up

Trump’s gutting of USAID came amid USAID IG’s investigation involving Musk’s company

Donald Trump’s dramatic and vile dismantling of USAID came as USAID’s inspector general was conducting an investigation involving Musk’s company, Starlink. In three steps, Trump’s administration killed the investigation that was sure to embarrass Elon’s company.

As a good friend once told me, there are no coincidences in politics.

Back in September, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Inspector General Paul K. Martin testified before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability. The name of the hearing was “Foreign Policy, Interrupted: How Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Blunt America’s Impact Abroad.”