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Pod Save the World

Elon Musk’s DOGE Dorks Gut USAID

Pod Save the World

Crooked Media

Politics, News

4.824.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Tommy and Ben discuss the assault on USAID by Trump and Elon Musk, how Democrats can best make the argument to support it, and why putting it under the purview of the State Department is a bad idea. They also discuss a purge at the FBI, Marco Rubio’s first overseas trip as Secretary of State, the moral and logistical stupidity of both sending US prisoners to El Salvador and undocumented migrants to Guantanamo Bay, Trump launching air strikes in Somalia, and Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump at the White House. Then, Ben speaks with Sky News Africa Correspondent Yousra Elbagir about the violence unfolding in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Thank you. wise.com. Terms and conditions apply. Welcome back to POTSA of the World. I'm Tommy Vitor.

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I'm Ben Rhodes. Just when I thought I couldn't be less excited about this Super Bowl,

1:10.8

we find out the Trump's doing the interview, that Biden skipped twice, and now he's going to the

1:15.9

Super Bowl in New Orleans. I know, I know. I guess we get Kendrick Lamar. That's true. I mean,

1:20.7

Trump's not like us. I wonder if Kendrick will do her say anything at a half time. Probably not.

1:25.0

Probably not. Nobody, you know, nobody cares anymore. Nobody's really doing. Nobody's going to be very focused on politics. Now he's focused on Drake.

1:32.7

Remember when Kendrick came to the old? Met with Obama? I do. I do remember that. Obama,

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