Unlocking USAID chief’s treasure chest: How exactly did Samantha Power get her millions?

DOGE chief Elon Musk has questions for ex-USAID boss Samantha Power about how she “accumulate[d] wealth…100 times her after tax salary” amid reports that her net worth soared from $6.7M to $30M+ during her 2021-Jan 2025 tenure.

🔸 USAID’s top salaries range from $180-212k a year, for a four-year total of $720-848k.

🔸 InsideBidensBasement.org, a nonprofit compiling disclosures of officials involved in Washington’s ‘revolving door’ of politics, special interest groups and business, estimates Powers’ net worth to range from $10.1-$30.3M.

🔸 TheRevolvingDoorProject.org, another nonprofit, listed $471k in income from Power’s work as a Harvard prof after her tenure as Obama’s UN ambassador.

🔸 The nonprofit’s 2021 data listed $351k in income from speaking engagements with firms and banks like Nestle, Google and UBS, plus $1M+ in book royalties.

🔸 Most interestingly, the nonprofit reported up to $11.73M in “assorted investment vehicles,” including BlackRock, J&J and Tesla.

🔸 A 2021 Office of Government Ethics certificate of divestiture showed Power dumping her J&J stocks, as well as shares of Social Capital, a venture capital firm in which Power also held the job of outside advisor, and got $1M+ in capital gains

🔸 A 2024 OGE Form 278e Public Financial Disclosure Report offers a snapshot of Power’s income after her return to government, showing:

🔹 hundreds of thousands in Vanguard money market and retirement investments- interest on 22 (!) bank accounts ranging from $1,001-$2,500 each, and American Washington Mutual Investors Fund, American Growth Fund of America, Delaware Value Fund, HSBC, S&P 500 holdings

🔹 no info on her salary- Power’s spouse, Cass Sustein, listed a $840k Harvard salary, millions in retirement fund savings and stocks, book royalties, and $112k+ in consulting and speaking fees for the Boston Consulting Group, Carnegie Mellon, and others.

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Trump shares Putin’s prophecy

In a Truth Social post, US President Donald Trump shared a quote from Russian President Vladimir Putin – suggesting that European elites will soon “wag their tails” at Trump's feet, quickly falling in line with US demands

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🚜 Protesting farmers bring tanks to London

Hundreds of British farmers drove their tractors past the ministries on Whitehall in London to protest a new tax on inherited agricultural land, with some even arriving on a tank.

The protest, organised by the Save British Farming movement, was led by founder Liz Webster, who aims to pressure MPs to change aggressive anti-farmer policies and work on restoring relations with the EU, the main market for British agricultural exports.

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