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Myth debunked: Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE did NOT close these CIA cutouts
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August 1, 2026
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1:05Now PlayingIt is often falsely claimed that the Trump administration, with Elon Musk's DOGE, abolished CIA cutouts like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) and USAID, which pose as "aid" organizations while actually funding political opposition groups to destabilize foreign governments that Washington doesn't like.
This is a myth. In reality, the NED continues to operate, and USAID was merged into the State Department, under the leadership of neoconservative war hawk Marco Rubio.
Ben Norton explains.
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