and part of this stuff isn't ,rag shows in ecuador, nepal transit comic books in peru., that is not do anything for my countr y.undi >> jesse: we are funding atheism in nepal that's interesting. >> dana: detective and how democrats are finding ways to funnel money to their causes,ht this may be another place for that. i think they're great things that actually do helomp a president with national security issueso for health diplomacy fr k could be very smart. i get that.co i think putting marco rubio in charge of it as ra smart decision. w if you think about what the bidestran administration was bragging about before they left, they were trying to get as much money out of the door as possible and they was setting it did lots of different things. green energy subsidies. also trans issues, makes no sense. polio, malaria, things like that make a lot of sense? other things make people upset and i could understand why. i think "sesame street" in iraq is not a good use of taxpayer dollars.payenk a i think the pause is appropriate, but marco rubio will be semismart to handle le

and part of this stuff is drug shows in ecuador, atheism in nepal, trans, in peru. does not do anything for my country. >> jesse: we are funding atheism in nepal, that's an interesting one. >> dana: we've been talking a little bit about how democrats are finding ways to funnel money to their causes. and this might be another place for that. i'm okay with a pause. i do think there are some great things that actually do help a president with national security issues for health diplomacy for example it smart. sports diplomacy can be very smart. and we are really the only country in the world that people want to be like anyway. so i get that. i think that putting marco rubio in charge of it is a smart decision. but if you think about what the biden administration was bragging about before they left, they were trying to get as much money out the door as possible, and they were sending it to lots of different things, green energy, subsidy type things, but also trans issues in honduras, that does not make any sense. that just get to harold was talking about, polio, malaria

. $500,000 to expand atheism in nepal. $50,000 to do a transgender operate in colombia. $47,000 to dolbgtq trans comic book in peru. $20,000 to do drag shows in ecuador. shall i continue with more examples? >> certainly. sheems like there could be a review of things. foreign aid is less than 1% of the entire federal budget. we are talking small amounts of money by comparison. >> we are still talking about tens of billions of dollars. if you want to go on the other side of the aisle, samantha powers had a worthy goal, although stupid, said she was hoping to get the amount of foreign aid, u.s. aid dollars it that go to actual aid up to 30 cents on the dollar from 10 cents on the dollar. it that's a major problem we had this agency that's all that goes abroad -- >> i think that -- i think you are talking about the usaid -- >> yes. >> aid agency which is a separate from the state department currently and has about $40 billion worth -- >> likely going to be rolled more closely -- >> tell me about that. that's why i was going. how has the trump administration infield you of plans to dismant

half a million to expand eight sism in nepal, $50,000 to do a transgender in colombia, $47,000 to dolbgtq trans comic book in peru, $20,000 to do drag shows in ecuador. shall i continue? >> seems like there could be a review of things. foreign aid is less than 1% of the federal budget so we're talking small amounts of money by comparison. >> we're still talking about tens of billions of dollars. and if you want to go to somebody else on the other side of the aisle, samantha powers, had a worthy goal, stupid goal, hoping to get the amount of foreign u.s. aid dollars that go to aid up to 30 cents on the dollar from 10 cents on the dollar. that's a major problem that we have this agency that that's all that goes abroad which the american workers' dollar. >> now talking about the usaid -- >> yes. >> agency which is a separate from the state department currently and has about $40 billion worth -- >> likely going to be rolled more closely under secretary -- >> tell me about that. that's where i was going. has the trump administration informed you of plans to dismantle or significantly sh r

half a billion dollars to expand atheism in nepal, $50,000 to do a transgender operation in colombia, to do an lgbtq comic book in peru. $20,000 of a drug shows in ecuador. shall i continue of more examples? >> seems like that could be review speed that you think? of course democrats are in desperate need of a new bogeyman are trying to shift blame here. the bad guys to them are not the ones robbing that u.s. taxpayers by rewarding their bodies with sweetheart deals, no. the bad guy is the person reviewing the programs for fraud and abuse, that's elon musk. >> elon musk may get to be dictator of tesla, but he doesn't -- he may try to play dictator here in washington, d.c. but he doesn't get to shut down the agency for international development. >> laura: that will be for a judge to decide ultimately senator. i imagine on appeal at the very least the trump administration will prevail including at the supreme court's. >> we need such an organization. problem solved. by the people answering to the people and the people's elected representatives, that's the way that government is supposed

>> let's listed off, half a million dollars in nepal, $50,000 to do a transgender operative in columbia $20,000 to do drag shows in ecuador. shall i continue? >> it seems like there could be a review of foreign aid as you know is less than 1% of the entire federal budget so we are talking small amounts of money by comparison. >> we are still talking about tens and tens of billions of dollars. >> congress and mast will be a guest tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern. tens and tens of billions of dollars is just a small amount of money, like several apartment buildings. [laughter] >> i >> to some people that israel money money. >> exactly. by the way, looking forward to this phone call expected with donald trump and justin trudeau of canada any moment now. around 3:00, the second phone call will be happening at this after mexico came to an agreement with the president over what was described as a good phone call to send 10,000 soldiers to the southern border, mexico. and in return caught a pause on the tariffs so we will see what happens with canada but we are told by a senior canadian official e