> If this was a top-down DOGE directive, why the immediate reversal? Did DOGE suddenly change its mind?
From the man himself:
“We will make mistakes. We won’t be perfect. But when we make a mistake, we’ll fix it very quickly,” Musk, a Trump-appointed special government employee, said Wednesday in defense of his group’s haphazard cuts while looming over the Cabinet table. “So for example with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled—very briefly—was Ebola prevention."[0]
> The fact that the contract lasted 25 years _is_ relevant. It shows that this wasn't some minor side project. CVE is foundational infrastructure. You don’t accidentally let something like that expire unless someone either massively screwed up or there was serious internal confusion.
See previous quote about ebola funding, another long-term government program.
Look, if you want to play this game where because a DOGE spokesperson hasn't directly come out and said "yep, it was us", then I'll point you back to my original post: I said it was reasonable to assume, not that it was proven fact.
But, if you look at the totality of this situation and think 'nope. no way DOGE was involved. This is just people "blaming DOGE for everything"'. Fine. You do you. I don't think there is any point in continuing this conversation.
From the man himself:
> The fact that the contract lasted 25 years _is_ relevant. It shows that this wasn't some minor side project. CVE is foundational infrastructure. You don’t accidentally let something like that expire unless someone either massively screwed up or there was serious internal confusion.See previous quote about ebola funding, another long-term government program.
Look, if you want to play this game where because a DOGE spokesperson hasn't directly come out and said "yep, it was us", then I'll point you back to my original post: I said it was reasonable to assume, not that it was proven fact.
But, if you look at the totality of this situation and think 'nope. no way DOGE was involved. This is just people "blaming DOGE for everything"'. Fine. You do you. I don't think there is any point in continuing this conversation.
0 - https://newrepublic.com/post/192082/elon-musk-fact-check-dog...