Marc Westley sure has been chugging down the Trump/Musk Kool Aid.
Far from being a ‘disgraced organisation’ USAID’s cancellation by the Musk goon squad marks it as an organisation of integrity doing good works. It was set up by JFK as the principal arm of US soft power, a term Trump doesn’t understand and Musk doesn’t care about, but China sure does and will be moving into the vacuum.
Musk has condemned hordes of African kids to die of starvation while food rots on the docks and US mid-western farmers face bankruptcy. One of the reasons Musk gave was condoms being sent to Gaza. It was Gaza, Mozambique not Gaza, Palestine and it was to stem the spread of AIDS.
Trump/Musk have stopped aid to 50 developing countries including 26 of the poorest in the world. The fight against diseases such as malaria, cholera and TB has been halted. USAID does not have the time, inclination or wherewithal to be involved in ‘warmongering’.
Describing Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s illegal invasion as a ‘money laundering operation’ is an idea from a very deep rabbit hole. BTW Musk has achieved his main objective, shutting down the 32 investigations into his government contracts.
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
