David French: Elon Musk USAID Effort ‘Has Explicitly Targeted Evangelical Ministries’

SCARBOROUGH Let s bring ░░░░░░░░ New York Times Opinion ░░░░░░░░ David French also former ░░░░░░░░ host and contributor to ░░░░░░░░ Monthly Chris Matthews David ░░░░░░░░ have so many ways ░░░░░░░░ want to go with ░░░░░░░░ here but Why Don ░░░░░░░░ We just start because ░░░░░░░░ know rhetorical shots were ░░░░░░░░ there between Liz Cheney ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk For those ░░░░░░░░ us who are called ░░░░░░░░ we understood the importance ░░░░░░░░ hard power the military ░░░░░░░░ yes we understood the ░░░░░░░░ of soft power We ░░░░░░░░ the importance of ideas ░░░░░░░░ understood the importance of ░░░░░░░░ I will repeat it ░░░░░░░░ the thousandth time this ░░░░░░░░ since USAID became an ░░░░░░░░ on this show there ░░░░░░░░ a reason why Harry ░░░░░░░░ after attacking Herbert Hoover ░░░░░░░░ entire political life called ░░░░░░░░ Herbert Hoover after World ░░░░░░░░ II ended and said ░░░░░░░░ ve got a refugee ░░░░░░░░ in Europe If those ░░░░░░░░ aren t taken care ░░░░░░░░ we re going to ░░░░░░░░ communism in Western Europe ░░░░░░░░ get to work And ░░░░░░░░ all across Africa yes ░░░░░░░░ m extraordinarily proud of ░░░░░░░░ George W Bush did ░░░░░░░░ PEPFAR I m extraordinarily ░░░░░░░░ that his evangelical faith ░░░░░░░░ him to start a ░░░░░░░░ And it was his ░░░░░░░░ faith that pushed him ░░░░░░░░ start a program that ░░░░░░░░ saved 25 million lives ░░░░░░░░ Africa Right now as ░░░░░░░░ today that number will ░░░░░░░░ to grow So I ░░░░░░░░ there s a two ░░░░░░░░ two pronged question for ░░░░░░░░ here One the evangelical ░░░░░░░░ of things the Matthew ░░░░░░░░ side of things And ░░░░░░░░ secondly just yes we ░░░░░░░░ doing this for all ░░░░░░░░ right reasons but we ░░░░░░░░ also doing it to ░░░░░░░░ ourselves because we get ░░░░░░░░ used to get great ░░░░░░░░ on the Soviets Now ░░░░░░░░ get great intel on ░░░░░░░░ Qaeda We get great ░░░░░░░░ on ISIS We get ░░░░░░░░ intel on China You ░░░░░░░░ it USAID gets us ░░░░░░░░ the ground and people ░░░░░░░░ to be on our ░░░░░░░░ French Yeah Let s ░░░░░░░░ about the second part ░░░░░░░░ your question first because ░░░░░░░░ forget the Cold War ░░░░░░░░ t just a military ░░░░░░░░ Who had the bigger ░░░░░░░░ Who had the stronger ░░░░░░░░ deterrent It was a ░░░░░░░░ of systems across the ░░░░░░░░ spectrum including a moral ░░░░░░░░ where our consistent message ░░░░░░░░ the world was the ░░░░░░░░ led by the United ░░░░░░░░ is a beacon of ░░░░░░░░ in humanitarianism compared to ░░░░░░░░ and grinding poverty behind ░░░░░░░░ Iron Curtain And so ░░░░░░░░ was a contest of ░░░░░░░░ And so yes absolutely ░░░░░░░░ foreign aid Americans America ░░░░░░░░ moral force in the ░░░░░░░░ was a huge part ░░░░░░░░ the Cold War This ░░░░░░░░ wasn t just a ░░░░░░░░ contest And to the ░░░░░░░░ part of your question ░░░░░░░░ look a lot of ░░░░░░░░ do not realize that ░░░░░░░░ Elon Musk effort and ░░░░░░░░ and other parts of ░░░░░░░░ government has explicitly targeted ░░░░░░░░ ministries These are evangelical ░░░░░░░░ who fought for years ░░░░░░░░ have the ability to ░░░░░░░░ equal access to funding ░░░░░░░░ help serve the poor ░░░░░░░░ help serve some of ░░░░░░░░ most vulnerable people in ░░░░░░░░ world And so you ░░░░░░░░ seeing what you re ░░░░░░░░ is a targeting of ░░░░░░░░ of the best things ░░░░░░░░ has ever done including ░░░░░░░░ know as you re ░░░░░░░░ about PEPFAR you re ░░░░░░░░ about targeting evangelical ministries ░░░░░░░░ serve refugees SCARBOROUGH Right ░░░░░░░░ This is a comprehensive ░░░░░░░░ on America s moral ░░░░░░░░ humanitarian standing in the ░░░░░░░░ And I m sorry ░░░░░░░░ say Joe an awful ░░░░░░░░ of Americans are standing ░░░░░░░░ cheering every element of ░░░░░░░░