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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) published a new list of ridiculous wasteful spending on Monday, which has now been cancelled.
The list amounted to $51 million in grants the government had awarded to the US African Development Foundation .
In a post on X Monday evening, DOGE wrote:
The US African Development Foundation has terminated $51M in grants, including:
-$229,296 for marketing 100% organic shea butter in Burkina Faso
-$84,059 for a business incubator for spa & wellness entrepreneurs in Nigeria
-$239,738 for marketing pineapple juice in Benin
-$246,217 for mango drying facilities in the Ivory Coast
-$99,566 to increase yogurt production in Uganda
-$48,406 for a WhatsApp marketing chatbot in Kenya
-$50,000 to train farmers to grow dragonfruit in Senegal
The US African Development Foundation has terminated $51M in grants, including:
-$229,296 for marketing 100% organic shea butter in Burkina Faso
-$84,059 for a business incubator for spa & wellness entrepreneurs in Nigeria
-$239,738 for marketing pineapple juice in Benin…— Department of Government Efficiency (@DOGE) April 7, 2025
Below are just some of the responses pouring in:
WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DOING WITH TAXPAYER MONEY?!!!!!
WHAT ARE WE DOING OUT HERE FOLKS?!!!!
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) April 7, 2025
I am so beyond angry and stressed knowing that for the last four years, we’ve been struggling to the point where all our savings are gone, and we may lose our home because of costs. Plus, I have MS, am homebound the majority of time, but the healthcare costs are astronomical. The…
— jshock (@jshocktx) April 8, 2025
There’s no way the NGOs actually used all of that money on exactly what they list it for. 250k for “mango drying????” You cut mangoes and put them on a clean slab in the sun to make dried mango slices. That’s it. You come by every so often and make sure no insects are getting on…
— 𝕁𝔼𝔽𝔽𝔼ℝ𝕊𝕆ℕ𝕊 𝕍𝕀𝕆𝕃𝕀ℕ (@Rust_And_Decay) April 7, 2025
What the heck?
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE FOR ALLOWING THIS?
I WANT NAMES!
— Jeri Lynn Simpson (@DreamerJeri) April 7, 2025
Finally, someone had the guts to slam the brakes on handing out taxpayer dollars like raffle tickets to foreign vanity projects. Over $50 million canceled, and you’re telling me we were funding a spa incubator in Nigeria and a WhatsApp chatbot in Kenya while Americans struggle to…
— Truth HurtsS (@RealTruthHurtsS) April 7, 2025
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