Here’s my view: I obviously disagree with some of Elez’s posts, but I don’t think stupid social media activity should ruin a kid’s life. We shouldn’t reward journalists who try to destroy people. Ever. So I say bring him back. If he’s a bad dude or a terrible member of the team, fire him for that.

If possible, Marko Elez (@marko_elez) should be reinstated at DOGE. If that is not possible, we should fund him to do his own startup. Let me explain my logic. 1) First, there can be no negotiation with terrorists — or journalists. Giving a single inch to a journo on anything DOGE-related would be like firing Michael Flynn at the beginning of Trump’s first term. Nothing should be done in response to anything they write. 2) Second, the entire practice of digging through people’s old posts to find some negative remark should be deprecated. Some out-of-context remarks almost never represent the whole human being. 3) Third, to my Indian-origin followers — apparently Marko made some anti-Indian comments. Of course, I don’t love that. But he’s only 25, will mature in time, and is clearly very competent. I believe in capitalism and dialogue as a way to bridge this kind of divide. Not summary cancellation. TLDR: if possible, Elon should consider restoring Marko to DOGE.

Here are some examples. USAID has been running massive fraud it looks like. ♦️$20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq ♦️$7.9 million to teach Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid “binary-gendered language” ♦️$4.5+ million to “combat disinformation” in Kazakhstan ♦️$1.5 million for “art for inclusion of people with disabilities” ♦️ $2 million for sex changes and “LGBT activism” in Guatemala ♦️ $6 million to “transform digital spaces to reflect feminist democratic principles” ♦️ $2.1 million to help the BBC “value the diversity of Libyan society” ♦️ $10 million worth of USAID-funded meals, which went to an al Qaeda-linked terrorist group ♦️ $25 million for Deloitte to promote “green transportation” in the country of Georgia ♦️ $6 million for tourism in Egypt ♦️ $2.5 million to promote “inclusion” in Vietnam ♦️ $16.8 million for a SEPARATE “inclusion” group in Vietnam ♦️ ~$5 million to EcoHealth Alliance, one of the key NGOs funding bat virus research at the Wuhan lab ♦️ $20 million for a group related to a key player in the Russiagate impeachment hoax ♦️ $1.1 million to an Armenian “LGBT group” ♦️ $1.2 million to help the African Methodist Episcopal Church Service and Development Agency in Washington, D.C., build “a state-of-the-art 440 seat auditorium” ♦️ $1.3 million to Arab and Jewish photographers ♦️ $1.5 million to promote “LGBT advocacy” in Jamaica ♦️ $1.5 million to “rebuild” the Cuban media ecosystem ♦️ $2 million to promote “LGBT equality through entrepreneurship” in Latin America ♦️ $500K to solve sectarian violence in Israel (just ten days before the Hamas October 7 attack) ♦️ $2.3 million for “artisanal and small scale gold mining” in the Amazon ♦️ $3.9 million for “LGBT causes” in the western Balkans ♦️ $5.5 million for LGBT activism in Uganda ♦️ $6 million for advancing LGBT issues in “priority countries around the world” ♦️ $6.3 million for men who have sex with men in South Africa ♦️ $8.3 million for “USAID Education: Equity and Inclusion”