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It's a gross abuse of power by an unelected bureaucrat and it shows money can buy power in the Trump White House,
Welch said in an emailed statement He's a big cost-cutter. Sometimes we won't agree with it and we'll not go where he wants to go. But I think he's doing a great job."
Asked Sunday if Musk was doing a good job, Trump said Further guidance will be forthcoming,
USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die."
Musk on Sunday responded to an X post about the news by saying We must do everything in our power to push back and protect people from harm,
the Massachusetts senator said, without giving details It's been run by a bunch of radical lunatics. And we're getting them out,
Mr. Trump remarked to reporters about USAID on Sunday night He agreed we should shut it down,
No classified material was accessed without proper security clearances."
Kate Miller, who serves on an advisory board for DOGE, didn't respond to requests for comment but did repost the AP article on X with the comment Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including Covid-19, that killed millions of people?
In one subsequent post, Musk doubled down and again without giving evidence, asked his 215 million X followers There's no excusing it - it's a shameful, stupid, self-own without excuse and a harbinger of even worse to come.
Frankly, I love the guy. He's great,
the business tycoon said of the president Having an unelected billionaire, with his own foreign debts and motives, raiding US classified information is a grave threat to national security,
Dismantling USAID would be a callous, destructive political power play that would have deadly consequences for millions of people living in dire humanitarian emergencies and extreme poverty.”
It became apparent that it’s not an apple with a worm it in,
I checked with him a few times. 'Are you sure?' Yes, we're shutting it down,
Musk said, according to reporter Igor Bobic Regulations basically should be default gone. Default gone, not default there, default gone,
he said, although he did not make clear if he was speaking for himself or for others in the administration
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