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Elon Musk: Zero people died from USAID cuts | The Economist

Elon Musk says zero people died from DOGE cuts to USAID. The billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, in his own words, helped feed the policy to the woodchipper last year, when he was the head of America’s Department of Government Efficiency. In an exclusive interview, The Economist's editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, challenges his claims.

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