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Musk says he is working to shut down USAID in government efficiency drive

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Elon Musk has expressed his intention to shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), describing it as a "criminal organization".

  1. US
    Donald Trump
    Republican Party
    1. He's a big cost-cutter. Sometimes we won't agree with it and we'll not go where he wants to go. But I think he's doing a great job. He's a smart guy. Very smart. And he's very much into cutting the budget of our federal budget.
    2. It's been run by a bunch of radical lunatics. And we're getting them out.
  2. US
    US State Department
    1. The United States Agency for International Development has long strayed from its original mission of responsibly advancing American interests abroad, and it is now abundantly clear that significant portions of USAID funding are not aligned with the core national interests of the United States.
  3. US
    Chris Coons
    Democratic Party
    1. These are patriotic Americans who promote our leadership around the world. They make us safer. Trump makes us less safe.
    2. President Trump spent two weeks harassing and laying off USAID employees, and now his team is trying to gut the agency altogether.
  4. US
    Elizabeth Warren
    Democratic Party
    1. We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm.
  5. US
    Peter Welch
    Democratic Party
    1. It's a gross abuse of power by an unelected bureaucrat and it shows money can buy power in the Trump White House.
  6. US
    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
    Democratic Party
    1. Having an unelected billionaire, with his own foreign debts and motives, raiding US classified information is a grave threat to national security. This should not be a partisan issue.
    2. This is a five alarm fire. The people elected Donald Trump to be President – not Elon Musk.
  7. US
    Jeremy Konyndyk
    US Agency for International Development
    1. If this gambit succeeds – if Trump (or Elon) can just override Congressional statutes and funding mandates, and Congress acquiesces – it's a very dark sign … and it won't stop at USAID.

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  3. Supreme Court Upholds Order Requiring USAID to Pay Foreign Aid Groups

sources

  1. 1.Le Monde
  2. 2.Al Jazeera
  3. 3.The Times of India
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.France 24
  6. 6.The Guardian
  7. 7.CNA News
  8. 8.Daily Sabah
  9. 9.DW News
  10. 10.BBC
  11. 11.El Paìs
  12. 12.Agence France-Presse

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.US under Donald Trump
  3. 3.US Politics
  4. 4.Healthcare
  5. 5.Vaccination
  6. 6.Famine
  7. 7.Monkey Pox
  8. 8.Ebola Virus

countries

  1. 1.United StatesUS
  2. 2.UkraineUA
  3. 3.PakistanPK
  4. 4.ThailandTH
  5. 5.Iran, Islamic Republic ofIR
  6. 6.CambodiaKH
  7. 7.MyanmarMM
  8. 8.Russian FederationRU
  9. 9.South AfricaZA
  10. 10.AfghanistanAF
  11. 11.ChinaCN
  12. 12.EgyptEG

organizations

  1. 1.US Agency for International Development
  2. 2.Democratic Party
  3. 3.Republican Party
  4. 4.US State Department
  5. 5.White House
  6. 6.Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
  7. 7.United Nations
  8. 8.Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance
  9. 9.MVDP
  10. 10.Pakistan Private Sector Energy Initiative
  11. 11.US Treasury Department
  12. 12.Congressional Research Service

persons

  1. 1.Donald TrumpUS
  2. 2.Elon MuskUS
  3. 3.Marco RubioUS
  4. 4.Brian McGill
  5. 5.Chris CoonsUS
  6. 6.Elizabeth WarrenUS
  7. 7.John F Kennedy
  8. 8.John Voorhees
  9. 9.Jamie RaskinUS
  10. 10.Joe BidenUS
  11. 11.Joni Ernst
  12. 12.Peter Marocco

technicals

  1. 1.Department of Government Efficiency
  2. 2.Social Security
  3. 3.Medicare
  4. 4.Cold War
  5. 5.Dogecoin
  6. 6.Long Wave
  7. 7.Marxism
  8. 8.Wayback Machine
  9. 9.Executive Order 14169
  10. 10.Impoundment Control Act
  11. 11.Mae Lae Refugee Camp
  12. 12.Oval Office
Musk says he is working to shut down USAID in government efficiency drive