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Mon Jun 29, 2026, 10:39 AM Monday

Elon Musk demands 'single' DOGE death example -- then goes silent when given the body count [View all]

Musk and DOGE killed millions of people. Musk was threatening defamation lawsuits but may have shut up

Elon Musk demands 'single' DOGE death example — then goes silent when given the body count #RawStory

#TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-06-29T13:12:16.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-2677124080/

As reporting increasingly suggests that the U.S. federal aid cuts spearheaded by trillionaire Elon Musk last year have led to preventable deaths abroad – and potentially millions by 2030 – the Tesla CEO issued his critics a challenge to “cite a single name of someone who died,” but grew notably silent after being given countless examples.

“They cannot cite a single name of someone who died out of the ‘millions’ they falsely claim have died,” Musk wrote Sunday on his social media platform X. “Not a single name!”

Musk’s online post was immediately hit with thousands of replies, many of them citing the names of individuals as young as three years old whose deaths had been attributed to a disruption in U.S. foreign aid. Among the most notable responses came from New York Times opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof, who’s extensively reported on the impact from U.S. foreign aid cuts spearheaded by Musk.

“Elon, I can give you many, many names of people who have died because of your aid cuts,” Kristof wrote, listing several individuals who died over the past year due to U.S. foreign aid cuts – people whose families or caretakers he had personally spoken with.

Despite Musk publishing countless social media posts since Kristof’s response, he ultimately did not respond, and instead authored posts related to other topics such as immigration, including a post published Monday morning advocating to “deal with traitors first, then the invaders.”

“Odd. No response from Elon Musk,” noted political commentator Tom Santos in a social media post to their nearly 40,000 followers. “Actually, not odd at all. Elon tends not to engage when actual facts are introduced to the bull--- he spews.”
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And how much are we spending on Trump's fucking jet, and his golf outings, and his ball room and his name on... progressoid Monday #1
Is God still blessing 'merica? twodogsbarking Monday #2
Yes, as long as they're white and rich. ananda Monday #3
Devil in disguise. twodogsbarking Monday #4
How about the names of many American farmers who committed suicide not a texan Monday #5
Don't forget the farmers popsdenver Monday #7
and my cold, bitch heart remembers how a huge number (a majority) of farmers supported trump orleans Monday #15
This goes to show how little (i.e. ZERO) thought was given to making these budget cuts. ShazzieB Monday #6
Yep. And of course he kept his subsidies. Justice matters. Monday #10
Thought ? from shitstain , orange face ? dave99 Tuesday #16
Definition of evil LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #21
Eloon Muskrat is right. We need to deal with the traitors first. Gary 50 Monday #8
one south African passing away would help dave99 Tuesday #17
When the people become hungry multigraincracker Monday #9
Eat the rich BajaDoll Tuesday #19
Yeah..... SergeStorms Monday #11
Would not hurt to see all the DOGE boys... oysterpoint Monday #12
kinda like that 6 bil bet to end poverty TalenaGor Monday #13
Let us not forget who gave Leon the power to kill. Buddyzbuddy Monday #14
As garlic is to vampires, so are facts to Elon Musk. LetMyPeopleVote Tuesday #18
Lauren Dobson-Hughes on the death toll of gutting USAID: LetMyPeopleVote Wednesday #20
When thousands of responses came in, Musk became notably silent. LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #22
Texas Chainsaw Massacre LessAspin Thursday #23
Musk is a child killer LetMyPeopleVote Friday #24
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