US billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday that he and President Donald Trump are planning to cancel the USA for international development (USAID). Musk described USAID as a “criminal organization” and Trump said it “is driven by radical fools”, TASR writes according to AFP reports and NBC News.
Apparently he has “full support of the President”
Musk, as the head of the Government Effective Effective Commission (Doga), announced that the USAID closure is currently undergoing. However, he has not explained the legal basis he can cancel the Federal Agency without the consent of the Congress. However, it has “full support for the President”.
“As far as USAID is concerned, I discussed it in detail with (Trump) and he agreed that we should cancel (agency),” he said. In the post on the X platform without providing evidence Musk said that “USAID was financed by biological weapons research. Including Covid-19, which killed millions of people “.
The White House, at a request for a comment on Musk’s commentary on the closure of the agency, did not respond immediately on Monday morning, says NBC News.
“A bunch of radical fools”
Trump praised Muska on Sunday for “doing a good job”. At the same time he criticized USAID that “he was managing a bunch of radical fools and we will get them out of it … and then we will decide (about her future),” Trump said.
USAID is an independent agency established by law. It manages a budget of $ 42.8 billion for humanitarian and development aid in the world. According to NBC News, however, this is only a slight fraction of the total federal expenditure.
US President Donald Trump, 20 January on the day of inauguration, signed a decree, which suspended all foreign aid provided by USAID for 90 days. Subsequently, he granted several exceptions, but humanitarian workers are still worried about its future as an independent institution. There have also been reports that Trump wants to incorporate USAID under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His team did not respond at the AFP request.
