Bono takes aim at Elon Musk after appearing on Joe Rogan's podcast
Bono has taken aim at Elon Musk and DOGE after he appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience.
The U2 frontman appeared on Joe's podcast on Friday (May 30), where he discussed his previous involvement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which was gutted by Mr Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
Speaking on the controversial UFC commentator's podcast, Bono said that the relationship between the USA and the rest of the world is changing due to the current Trump administration. View this post on Instagram
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'I think America's more vulnerable now than it's ever been,' Bono said. 'It feels like America's fallen out of love with the rest of the world. I don't think the world wants to fall out of love with America.'
Speaking on DOGE and USAID, Bono also cited a report saying that over 300,000 people have died due to the USAID cuts, as food that was set to go to underdeveloped countries is 'rotting in boats' as a result.
'There's food rotting in boats, in warehouses. There is – this will f**k you off – you will not be happy, no American will, but there is, I think it's 50,000 tonnes of food that are stored in Djibouti, South Africa, Dubai and – wait for it – Houston, Texas,' Bono claimed. 'And that is rotting rather than going to Gaza, rather than going to Sudan, because the people who know the codes for the warehouse are fired, they're gone. What is that? That's not America, is it?' Bono has taken aim at Elon Musk and DOGE after he appeared on the Joe Rogan Experience. Pic: YouTube
Bono also said that a Christian aid organisation working with malnourished children was forced to 'choose which child to pull off the IVs' because of the cuts, and said that evil 'rejoices' in the deaths of children.
'I don't know if evil is a strong word, too strong a word, but what we know about pure evil is it rejoices in the deaths, the squandering of human life, particularly children's,' Bono said. 'It actually rejoices in it and whether it's incompetence, whether it's unintended consequences, it's not too late for people.'
While Joe agreed with Bono that there were organisations 'that do tremendous good all throughout the world, there was a 'money laundering operation' in organisations that had no oversight in the mismanagement of trillions of dollars. Bono appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast where he said that 300,000 people have died due to USAID cuts at the hands of DOGE. Pic: Joe Rogan/Instagram
Bono added that while he was in contact with Secretary of State in charge of USAID Marco Rubio, Senator Rubio believes that no one has died yet from the USAID cuts — saying 'He's convinced people aren't dying yet. I don't know who's telling him, or not telling him, rather. But his instincts are correct.'
Mr Musk also fired back at Bono, writing on Twitter (X), writing 'he's such a liar/idiot. Zero people have died!'
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