“An overwhelming majority of 89% of Americans say the US should spend at least one percent of the federal budget on foreign aid – the current amount the US spends on aid. This includes 84% of Republicans and 94% of Democrats.”
publicconsultation.org/foreign-aid/...
Elon often polls the “public” on X to inform his decisions. Well, here’s a representative survey of the actual public on their support for foreign aid:
The Trump administration is among those spreading false and misleading information about USAID funding online. Read more: apnews.com/article/usai...
This is the story about USAID that should concern all of us - the weaponization of a platform by a quasi-state actor to amplify falsehoods and legitimize unlawful government action.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
Grok’s only mistake was thinking that the Biden administration is still in charge, the rest is on the human disinfo campaign trying to discredit USAID’s work.
More on the Politico story here: www.axios.com/2025/02/05/p...
In this case, the underlying X posts amplify a misinterpretation of a US
government spending website and claim that USAID granted $8m to Politico. The $8m figure actually represents multiple years of subscription fees for a premium service used across USG agencies, NOT a USAID grant program.
This screenshot says so much about our current state of information disorder. X relies on its own AI technology (Grok) to generate and feature news summaries based on posts trending on their platform. Great concept, but it only works if the underlying posts are accurate.