Well, there's a reason I don't like the guy. Although I will admit I didn't he would be this stupid.
I can get his point, but frankly if 'shove money at them and see it disappear into a black hole' is a thing he's actually worried about (or needs to seem worried about) one possible solution is to, you know, not shove money at Italy, Spain and Portugal, but medical supplies instead and deploying a few medical staff along with them to get an impression of how much of that is wasted/disappeared.
I can get his point, but frankly if 'shove money at them and see it disappear into a black hole' is a thing he's actually worried about (or needs to seem worried about) one possible solution is to, you know, not shove money at Italy, Spain and Portugal, but medical supplies instead and deploying a few medical staff along with them to get an impression of how much of that is wasted/disappeared.