David Brooks Likens Musk to Pol Pot and Stalin: Responsible for the Deaths of Millions

NAWAZ Let s jump ░░░░░░░░ with the headline about ░░░░░░░░ Musk we reported on ░░░░░░░░ today Today was his ░░░░░░░░ day as a special ░░░░░░░░ employee We had that ░░░░░░░░ press conference we reported ░░░░░░░░ in the Oval Office ░░░░░░░░ there are a lot ░░░░░░░░ questions about what exactly ░░░░░░░░ and his DOGE team ░░░░░░░░ able to do and ░░░░░░░░ accomplish Jonathan when you ░░░░░░░░ at this step back ░░░░░░░░ unprecedented chapter of a ░░░░░░░░ unelected billionaire who had ░░░░░░░░ of this power in ░░░░░░░░ executive office what do ░░░░░░░░ think the impact was ░░░░░░░░ did he get done ░░░░░░░░ Well he got a ░░░░░░░░ done but it wasn ░░░░░░░░ anything good I mean ░░░░░░░░ remember him running around ░░░░░░░░ CPAC it was at ░░░░░░░░ with the chainsaw but ░░░░░░░░ he took a wrecking ░░░░░░░░ to the federal government ░░░░░░░░ whacked through agencies and ░░░░░░░░ while at the same ░░░░░░░░ scooping up all of ░░░░░░░░ private data And so ░░░░░░░░ leaves Washington after 130 ░░░░░░░░ days leaving behind just ░░░░░░░░ wreckage of what his ░░░░░░░░ team has done NAWAZ ░░░░░░░░ how do you look ░░░░░░░░ it What s his ░░░░░░░░ if we know that ░░░░░░░░ BROOKS Yeah I m ░░░░░░░░ sure it was wreckage ░░░░░░░░ was wreckage if you ░░░░░░░░ at NIH there are ░░░░░░░░ at certain agencies but ░░░░░░░░ guy only saved 65 ░░░░░░░░ out of a multitrillion ░░░░░░░░ budget So as a ░░░░░░░░ matter you would not ░░░░░░░░ he had a big ░░░░░░░░ But he did manage ░░░░░░░░ destroy NIH and USAID ░░░░░░░░ the USAID one is ░░░░░░░░ one I haven t ░░░░░░░░ over And so there ░░░░░░░░ folks at Boston University ░░░░░░░░ count how many people ░░░░░░░░ died because of what ░░░░░░░░ did at USAID And ░░░░░░░░ was a very ill ░░░░░░░░ organization That s true ░░░░░░░░ according to the Boston ░░░░░░░░ folks so far 55 ░░░░░░░░ adults have died of ░░░░░░░░ in the four months ░░░░░░░░ Trump was elected 6 ░░░░░░░░ children are dead because ░░░░░░░░ what DOGE did That ░░░░░░░░ just PEPFAR the HIV ░░░░░░░░ add them all up ░░░░░░░░ s 300 000 dead ░░░░░░░░ we re four months ░░░░░░░░ Now you add accumulate ░░░░░░░░ over four years the ░░░░░░░░ of dead grows very ░░░░░░░░ There are mass murderers ░░░░░░░░ the world Pol Pot ░░░░░░░░ Tse Tung Stalin We ░░░░░░░░ t have anybody on ░░░░░░░░ list from America And ░░░░░░░░ don t think it ░░░░░░░░ the same as committing ░░░░░░░░ kind of genocide they ░░░░░░░░ but by taking away ░░░░░░░░ agency and being at ░░░░░░░░ semi responsible for the ░░░░░░░░ of probably by the ░░░░░░░░ of this hundreds of ░░░░░░░░ of millions of people ░░░░░░░░ s Elon Musk s ░░░░░░░░ And the people who ░░░░░░░░ at Tesla and SpaceX ░░░░░░░░ want to think about ░░░░░░░░ NAWAZ Those are real ░░░░░░░░ it s worth pointing ░░░░░░░░ every single one of ░░░░░░░░ lost.”