Mike Benz
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A huge distance to being able to deal with this problem because you're going to have this problem, whether USAID exists as an outside as an independent agency or whether the State Department just inherits a USAID herpes infection and just lives with it inside the agency.
Thank you for saying that. And it wouldn't have been possible without you as well. I do just want to clarify. I don't believe that I have mixed feelings. I 100% endorse directionally and technically everything that I've seen so far. But I appreciate the weight of the moment and that you are dealing with something much more delicate than simply, you know.
Thank you for saying that. And it wouldn't have been possible without you as well. I do just want to clarify. I don't believe that I have mixed feelings. I 100% endorse directionally and technically everything that I've seen so far. But I appreciate the weight of the moment and that you are dealing with something much more delicate than simply, you know.
Thank you for saying that. And it wouldn't have been possible without you as well. I do just want to clarify. I don't believe that I have mixed feelings. I 100% endorse directionally and technically everything that I've seen so far. But I appreciate the weight of the moment and that you are dealing with something much more delicate than simply, you know.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Well, the entire agency exists as a carefully constructed lie. And just like James Clapper and, you know, John Brennan and Leon Panetta, these are these are the holders of the great American lie. you know, closet of skeletons of state secrets. And you don't just hand that over to a random taxi cab driver because 51 percent of the population elected him because he does funny TikTok dances.
Well, the entire agency exists as a carefully constructed lie. And just like James Clapper and, you know, John Brennan and Leon Panetta, these are these are the holders of the great American lie. you know, closet of skeletons of state secrets. And you don't just hand that over to a random taxi cab driver because 51 percent of the population elected him because he does funny TikTok dances.
Well, the entire agency exists as a carefully constructed lie. And just like James Clapper and, you know, John Brennan and Leon Panetta, these are these are the holders of the great American lie. you know, closet of skeletons of state secrets. And you don't just hand that over to a random taxi cab driver because 51 percent of the population elected him because he does funny TikTok dances.
What I think I'm trying to say here is, is if you remember the recalcitrance around sharing, sharing intelligence with President Trump, both in his 2016 presidential run and then again in the lead up to the 2024 election. I think what's happening at USAID is essentially an echo of that, which is that USAID is supposed to be untouchable.
What I think I'm trying to say here is, is if you remember the recalcitrance around sharing, sharing intelligence with President Trump, both in his 2016 presidential run and then again in the lead up to the 2024 election. I think what's happening at USAID is essentially an echo of that, which is that USAID is supposed to be untouchable.
What I think I'm trying to say here is, is if you remember the recalcitrance around sharing, sharing intelligence with President Trump, both in his 2016 presidential run and then again in the lead up to the 2024 election. I think what's happening at USAID is essentially an echo of that, which is that USAID is supposed to be untouchable.
I mean, virtually, there's no USAID project on God's green earth that is honest.
I mean, virtually, there's no USAID project on God's green earth that is honest.
I mean, virtually, there's no USAID project on God's green earth that is honest.
Thanks, Dan. Great to talk to you.
Thanks, Dan. Great to talk to you.
Thanks, Dan. Great to talk to you.
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