Anne Applebaum

He will probably be selectively finding things that it does that it can be made to sound outrageous or strange, you know, and the fact that he has that power on top of the fact that he's, he's now has access to this huge trove of data gives us an extra twist.

He will probably be selectively finding things that it does that it can be made to sound outrageous or strange, you know, and the fact that he has that power on top of the fact that he's, he's now has access to this huge trove of data gives us an extra twist.

No, I mean, so we are openly destroying one of the agencies and institutions through which a lot of the world knows us. There's a lot of, you know, vague talk about how the U.S. is competing with China and Africa for influence, for example, or in Latin America. And actually, I wrote a book about it.

No, I mean, so we are openly destroying one of the agencies and institutions through which a lot of the world knows us. There's a lot of, you know, vague talk about how the U.S. is competing with China and Africa for influence, for example, or in Latin America. And actually, I wrote a book about it.

No, I mean, so we are openly destroying one of the agencies and institutions through which a lot of the world knows us. There's a lot of, you know, vague talk about how the U.S. is competing with China and Africa for influence, for example, or in Latin America. And actually, I wrote a book about it.

My book, Autocracy Inc., is about the ways in which the autocratic world is seeking to have economic and cultural and propaganda influence all over the world, and they're competing directly with us. us, the US, plus our allies, or maybe our former allies, as it might turn out. But one of the ways in which we compete is that we have, you know, ways of reaching people that they don't.

My book, Autocracy Inc., is about the ways in which the autocratic world is seeking to have economic and cultural and propaganda influence all over the world, and they're competing directly with us. us, the US, plus our allies, or maybe our former allies, as it might turn out. But one of the ways in which we compete is that we have, you know, ways of reaching people that they don't.

My book, Autocracy Inc., is about the ways in which the autocratic world is seeking to have economic and cultural and propaganda influence all over the world, and they're competing directly with us. us, the US, plus our allies, or maybe our former allies, as it might turn out. But one of the ways in which we compete is that we have, you know, ways of reaching people that they don't.

And one of them is through our, I mean, just focus on USAID health services alone. You know, we provide a lot of health services to the very, very poorest people on the planet. We're known for that, you know, in a lot of the world, that's what the US stands for. It's an important bulwark against Chinese influence campaigns and Russian influence campaigns and so on.

And one of them is through our, I mean, just focus on USAID health services alone. You know, we provide a lot of health services to the very, very poorest people on the planet. We're known for that, you know, in a lot of the world, that's what the US stands for. It's an important bulwark against Chinese influence campaigns and Russian influence campaigns and so on.

And one of them is through our, I mean, just focus on USAID health services alone. You know, we provide a lot of health services to the very, very poorest people on the planet. We're known for that, you know, in a lot of the world, that's what the US stands for. It's an important bulwark against Chinese influence campaigns and Russian influence campaigns and so on.

So by destroying that, we are destroying one of our most important assets. We're destroying one of the things we're known for. I mean, there's another aspect of the USAID thing that's really important. Another thing the USAID has got more involved in over the last 20 years is democracy promotion. So it's not just vaccines. It's also support for civic organizations, sometimes for independent media.

So by destroying that, we are destroying one of our most important assets. We're destroying one of the things we're known for. I mean, there's another aspect of the USAID thing that's really important. Another thing the USAID has got more involved in over the last 20 years is democracy promotion. So it's not just vaccines. It's also support for civic organizations, sometimes for independent media.

So by destroying that, we are destroying one of our most important assets. We're destroying one of the things we're known for. I mean, there's another aspect of the USAID thing that's really important. Another thing the USAID has got more involved in over the last 20 years is democracy promotion. So it's not just vaccines. It's also support for civic organizations, sometimes for independent media.

And this has been a Republican and Democrat, you know, have supported this. This is not- IRI was involved, like the International Republican- So IRI is not part of USAID. I'm not sure actually.

And this has been a Republican and Democrat, you know, have supported this. This is not- IRI was involved, like the International Republican- So IRI is not part of USAID. I'm not sure actually.

And this has been a Republican and Democrat, you know, have supported this. This is not- IRI was involved, like the International Republican- So IRI is not part of USAID. I'm not sure actually.

I'll explain. I'll get to that in a second. So You know, there's something called the National Endowment for Democracy, which I used to be on the board of, under which is IRI, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. They do a lot of direct democracy funding, too. And Musk has also been tweeting about them and how bad they are.

I'll explain. I'll get to that in a second. So You know, there's something called the National Endowment for Democracy, which I used to be on the board of, under which is IRI, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. They do a lot of direct democracy funding, too. And Musk has also been tweeting about them and how bad they are.

I'll explain. I'll get to that in a second. So You know, there's something called the National Endowment for Democracy, which I used to be on the board of, under which is IRI, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute. They do a lot of direct democracy funding, too. And Musk has also been tweeting about them and how bad they are.