Ben Stiller Debunks Elon Musk-Amplified Tweet Claiming Actor Took USAID Money For Ukraine Trip

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“These are lies coming from Russian media,” wrote Ben Stiller about a video posted on X alleging USAID spent $4 million to send the actor on a highly-publicized visit to Ukraine after the Russian invasion. “I completely self-funded my humanitarian trip to Ukraine.

There was no funding from USAID and certainly no payment of any kind.” (Note: The United States Agency for International Development is a United States government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid and development assistance.) The post in question was from an account titled “Patriot Lady.” Earlier in the day, X owner Elon Musk reposted the same video from an account called “I Meme Therefore I Am.” Since it was amplified by Musk this morning, the clip has gotten 2.8 million views on his page.

It was later amplified by Donald Trump Jr., on whose page it got hundreds of thousands more views.USA ID may be the biggest scam ever perpetrated on the American people under the guise of doing good.

https://t.co/Q6J1lNIgAe The posts in question purport to show a clip from E! News, which anyone who’s ever watched that network can tell is a suspect claim.