Musk announced the planned closure of the foreign assistance agency early Monday on social media.

Summary

Elon Musk announced that he and Trump are shutting down USAID, bypassing Congress’s authority over federal spending.

Musk claimed Trump fully supports the move, though Trump has only criticized USAID without explicitly confirming its closure.

The White House has not commented. The administration has already placed USAID officials on leave and reviewed its funding.

Critics argue the move violates federal law, setting up a potential legal battle.

  • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    We’re not okay with it, they’ve just removed our ability to do anything about it that isn’t a literal act of terrorism

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      JFK put it quite nicely back in 1962: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”