Musk’s DOGE to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say
Musk’s DOGE to fire all local workers and US diplomats from USAID, sources say
Unofficial Trump adviser’s cost-cutting team to finalize shuttering the foreign aid agency on which millions depend
Summary
Elon Musk is finalizing the shutdown of USAID, firing over 10,000 foreign national staff and hundreds of U.S. diplomats and civil servants by September.
Congress was notified that USAID’s overseas offices will close, with some functions absorbed by the State Department.
The move follows Trump and Musk’s claims—without evidence—that USAID is corrupt.
The closure halts over 5,000 aid programs and disrupts services in 60+ countries, affecting recipients in Ukraine, Jordan, Gaza, and elsewhere who depend on U.S. humanitarian support.
Illegal
I am sure Just-Us department will get right on that as soon as they prosecute all the "fraud" DOGE found
Forever destroying America's ability to exercise soft power across the world. We literally just became significantly weaker as a nation.