Elon Musk, in collaboration with President Donald Trump, announces the closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), labeling it a 'criminal organization'. Musk claims to have Trump's approval for this move, which aims to reduce government power. Employees were locked out of their systems and instructed not to go to their offices.
Elon Musk declares USAID a "criminal organisation" and announces its shutdown, claiming Trump supports the move to reduce government power.
Employees at the US Agency for International Development, which runs aid programs in about 120 countries, were instructed by email not to go to their offices Monday. Some 600 staffers found themselves locked out of their computer systems, ABC News reported. “I went over with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said in a discussion on his X online platform.USAID is the aid arm of US foreign policy, funding health and emergency programs in the world’s poorest regions. It is also seen as an important source of soft power for the superpower in its struggle for influence with rivals including China.Echoing far-right Republicans, Musk used X to call the agency “a viper’s next of radical-left marxists who hate America.
The pace and intensity of Musk’s operation, which is using employees brought from his own companies, has caught opponents off guard. The agency describes itself as working “to end extreme poverty and promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity.”
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