Oh no, Trump and Musk are cutting off the global gravy train, and the professional humanitarian class is in full-blown panic mode.
On CBS Evening News Plus (yes, that’s apparently a thing now), John Dickerson sat down with David Miliband, the CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and former Labour Party politician from the U.K., to push the latest doom-and-gloom narrative about the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)—aka Trump’s effort to gut the bloated bureaucracy and make taxpayer dollars work for Americans first.
According to Miliband, who seems genuinely distressed over losing access to American tax dollars, the world is about to collapse because Trump and Musk decided to stop writing blank checks to the global aid industry.
Dickerson, in classic legacy media fashion, teed up the hysteria, breathlessly warning that Trump’s budget cuts to international aid will “imperil millions”—because, apparently, no other country, organization, or billionaire on this planet has a dime to spare for humanitarian relief unless D.C. bureaucrats funnel it through USAID first.
Miliband, not missing a beat, rattled off three “catastrophic” consequences of the new policy:
- Aid waivers without funding – The U.S. government has granted permission for humanitarian programs to continue but isn’t cutting checks to fund them.
- Programs “terminated” with “no good reason” – Meaning American taxpayers are no longer on the hook for propping up endless international aid programs.
- A “system breaking down” – Because the U.S. has stopped being the world’s piggy bank.
Dickerson, clearly worried, asked if this was a case of nobody picking up the phone at DOGE.
Miliband, equally exasperated, confirmed that millions of people are affected because the global aid system depends on U.S. funding—a rather stunning admission of just how dependent these groups are on American tax dollars.
And of course, it wouldn’t be a proper legacy media freakout without predictions of mass starvation.
Dickerson, leading Miliband down the usual path, asked if food is sitting in warehouses, just rotting away because Trump and Musk aren’t sending pallets of taxpayer cash.
Miliband, in an almost comedic moment of self-awareness, admitted the IRC doesn’t actually handle food distribution.
So why is he on television sounding the alarm about famine?
Simple. The entire aid industry is terrified that Americans are waking up to the scam.
Let’s be clear:
- The U.S. still provides billions in humanitarian aid. This isn’t about Trump and Musk ending aid—it’s about cutting off the wasteful, unaccountable middlemen who profit off of it.
- Other countries and private donors exist. If the world’s survival depends entirely on U.S. government checks, that’s a failure of international cooperation, not American generosity.
- Trump and Musk are prioritizing American taxpayers. DOGE is about eliminating waste, streamlining government, and ensuring money goes where it’s actually needed—not into the pockets of career bureaucrats and international aid organizations that never solve the crises they claim to be fighting.
