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.

  • @[email protected]
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    11 hours ago

    How the fuck is Elon Musk suddenly in charge of the US Government? How are the American people OK with this? How are American politicians even OK with this?

    • @Furedadmins
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      167 hours ago

      Musk can literally never show himself in public anymore for fear of assassination.

      • @formergijoe
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        137 hours ago

        Why do you think he’s been running around with a human shield one of his kids at all times recently?

    • @[email protected]
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      9510 hours ago

      Remember when Republicans were whinging about “unelected bureaucrats” and the “shadow government”?

      Yeah, now they’re literally implementing that themselves.

      I wonder if Elon walks around with personal security.

      • NielsBohron
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        499 hours ago

        Remember when Republicans were whinging about “unelected bureaucrats” and the “shadow government”?

        “Wait, it’s all projection?”

        🌍 👨‍🚀 🔫 👨‍🚀

        “Always has been”

    • @bitjunkie
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      189 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

    • @[email protected]
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      139 hours ago

      This was all outlined in Project 2025 which was made publically available for everyone to read. Then people voted for Trump.

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        3 hours ago

        A bunch of the conservatives I know professed to believe him when he said he had no idea about project 2025. Whether they were just masking or actually duped, I have my guesses.

      • @ZJBlank
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        108 hours ago

        You say that like trump voters read anything

    • @[email protected]
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      3110 hours ago

      American people are protesting. Politicians are either actively allowing this behavior or saying, “Oh-no, he can’t do that! What he did is very bad!” Unfortunately, politicians are not beholden to the people they are supposedly representing.