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.

    • moon@lemmy.ml
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      18 hours ago

      Elon Musk pushes the lie that truly homeless people don’t exist. That essentially it’s a choice and we should feel no empathy for them. Add to that his well-documented history of racism and weird eugenicist beliefs about IQ and superior genes that need to survive, you start to get the picture for why he thinks taking food and medicine away from the most deprived people on the planet is a priority for the US government.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I assume:

      • “wasted” money not spent to directly benefit us citizens
      • there always seems to be racism at the core
      • they think they can get away with it - who will speak for the suffering millions in developing countries
      • Trump doesnt understand concepts like influence, soft power, long term thinking, morality

      This is “free money” where they can claim their “$2T” in savings