Matt Whitlock: Foreign Aid ‘Shouldn’t Be About Exporting a Social Agenda’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT BAIER I ░░░░░░░░ say Matt that Marc ░░░░░░░░ pointed out that putting ░░░░░░░░ under Secretary of State ░░░░░░░░ actually an idea from ░░░░░░░░ of State Warren Christopher ░░░░░░░░ President Bill Clinton It ░░░░░░░░ not to say that ░░░░░░░░ the foreign aid is ░░░░░░░░ to disappear It s ░░░░░░░░ Secretary Rubio is going ░░░░░░░░ scrub what is real ░░░░░░░░ what is not WHITLOCK ░░░░░░░░ think that s exactly ░░░░░░░░ I do think that ░░░░░░░░ such an important framing ░░░░░░░░ s not so much ░░░░░░░░ foreign aid is bad ░░░░░░░░ s that foreign aid ░░░░░░░░ serve to uplift countries ░░░░░░░░ need it and restore ░░░░░░░░ in the world It ░░░░░░░░ t be about exporting ░░░░░░░░ social agenda That s ░░░░░░░░ much of what we ░░░░░░░░ seen of the expenditures ░░░░░░░░ USAID One of the ░░░░░░░░ troubling expenditures from USAID ░░░░░░░░ been things like fundamental ░░░░░░░░ to Hamas and what ░░░░░░░░ inspector general from Afghanistan ░░░░░░░░ about essentially American tax ░░░░░░░░ helping reconstitute the Taliban ░░░░░░░░ Afghanistan If an organization ░░░░░░░░ accidentally funded terrorism it ░░░░░░░░ be paused And it ░░░░░░░░ be reconfigured to get ░░░░░░░░ of the waste corruption ░░░░░░░░ abuse that we have ░░░░░░░░ from a lot of ░░░░░░░░ programs.”