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None of this could be done without the full support of the president, you know. And with regard to the USAID stuff, I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed that we should shut it down."
In an X Spaces discussion, Musk said USAID's funding comes from Congress. USAID works with both Congress and the Executive Office to determine priorities. Across USAID, there are a variety of policies, strategies, and frameworks that outline how we work."
According to the (now-defunct) website It became apparent that what we have here is not an apple with a worm in it, but we have actually just a ball of worms."
Musk further ... After digging into USAID, he said I am the acting director,
he confirmed when asked if he is now in charge USAID is not functioning. It has to be aligned with US policy. It needs to be aligned with the national interest of the US,
Let's see, there was a transgender comic book, we're trying to get our hands on the actual comic book, in Peru,
I would be absolutely for, if that's the path we go down, removing USAID as a separate department and having it fall under one of the other parts of the Department of State, because of its failure,
At nearly $37 trillion in national debt – and a $1.8 trillion annual deficit – we can't afford to continue giving money to countries that hate America and everything we stand for,
Without PSCs, there is no longer functionally a Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) in USAID. The waivers from Secretary of State (Marco) Rubio for emergency food and other urgent assistance are a smokescreen and farce if there is no one to make the awards happen,
At the direction of the Agency leadership, the USAID headquarters at the Ronald Reagan building in Washington, DC will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, February 3, 2025,
an internal email to USAID staff seen by Reuters said It’s been run by a bunch of radical lunatics, and we’re getting them out,
Trump said to reporters about USAID on Sunday night Abolish USAID and all foreign aid.”
Republican Senator Rand Paul responded to Schumer, saying President Trump spent two weeks harassing and laying off USAID employees, and now his team is trying to gut the agency altogether,
The Millennium Challenge Corporation is unaware of any Sierra Leonean abortion legislation and has never made any requests to the Government of Sierra Leone regarding abortion policies. Any such legislation would be an internal matter for Sierra Leone with no U.S. government developments fund made contingent on its passage,
the organization said in a statement These excessive conditions on foreign and development assistance undermine the United States’ efforts to advance gender equality globally by restricting our ability to support women’s health,
PSI proudly proclaims it provides abortion and lobbies to eliminate pro-life laws,
I actually checked with him a few times. Said 'Are you sure?' Yes, so we're shutting it down,
Congress established the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as an independent agency, separate from the Department of State, to ensure that we can deploy development expertise and U.S. foreign assistance quickly, particularly in times of crisis, to meet our national security goals. For this reason, any effort to merge or fold USAID into the Department of State should be, and by law must be, previewed, discussed, and approved by Congress."
On behalf of the American people, we promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world,
the agency's mission statement states Although Beijing’s willingness to plug a multibillion-dollar hole in foreign aid is likely limited, it is already Africa’s top investor and trading partner, and the freezing of US aid means an opportunity to consolidate its economic and political influence,
according to Bloomberg Economics
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