The developments come after Elon Musk said that he had spoken with President Donald Trump about the aid and development agency and “he agreed we should shut it down.”

Summary

USAID staffers were locked out of headquarters and computer systems after Elon Musk announced Trump agreed to shut down the agency.

Musk’s DOGE team has been reviewing government agencies, accessing sensitive information, sparking protests from Democrats. Two USAID security chiefs were placed on leave for denying Musk’s team classified materials.

USAID’s website disappeared, and foreign aid programs were frozen under Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Critics argue Trump lacks authority to close USAID without Congress.

    • @[email protected]English
      30•1 day ago

      What if the Democrats point out (not too loudly) that this is all highly irregular? Surely that would put an end to it? If that doesn’t do it, they could add, “tut tut.”

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 day ago

        If the democrats whine about it often enough on MSNBC , before you know, Trump is gonna reverse course. /s

        • Diplomjodler
          6•1 day ago

          And if that doesn’t help, they’ll have to resort to their most powerful weapon: writing a strongly worded letter!

      • HubertManne
        4•1 day ago

        maybe if democrats were voted in as a majority they could just immediately stop it.