Ex-GOP USAID Leader Slams Elon Musk

Anti-Elon Musk poster falsely linked to USAID
President Donald Trump froze funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put thousands of employees on leave as part of a government efficiency initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk.
‘Mafia Takeover’: Ex-GOP USAID Leader Slams Elon Musk
Former USAID deputy leader James Kunder slammed Elon Musk’s “mafia takeover” of USAID on Christiane Amanpour’s CNN show on Thursday. The former Republican appointee said, “What we have now is this insane Elon Musk-led mafia
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.
Paranoid Elon Musk Says That USAID Has Been Constructing a False Reality Around Us
Elon Musk is saying that USAID — and untold other regions of the American federal government — has constructed a false, "Truman Show"-esque reality around us. Keyword: saying. It means nothing, and Musk — who's knee-deep in digitally-driven power grab within the federal government — has offered no proof of the notion that we're living in an intentionally constructed false reality built by the foreign aid agency he's bragged about taking a "woodchipper" to.
Elon Musk said Donald Trump agreed USAID needs to be ‘shut down’
Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was frozen and dozens of its employees were put on leave.
USAID employees file lawsuit against Elon Musk for lacking ‘officer’ status
Elon Musk shut the USAID headquarters down last week until further notice, prompting the lawsuit from employees whose jobs hang in the balance.
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Russia Wants Elon To Hand Over The Names Of Dissidents Funded By USAID
Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of the Duma, Russia’s parliament, said on Tuesday: “If they recognised the [USAid] organisation as an enemy, let them give us the lists. Congress will send us the ...
Elon Musk’s Assault on USAID Is Lethal, Vindictive, and Brazenly Unlawful
A Trump-appointed judge said on Friday that he would freeze the administration’s plan to slash most employees and withdraw ...
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Chaos, Harassment, and Unpaid Bills: Inside Elon Musk’s War on USAID
We’ve given up everything to serve our country overseas, and we’re being maligned by the richest asshole in the world.” ...
Elon Musk Pushes False Claim Ex-USAID Chief Earned $23 Million: The Biggest DOGE Hoaxes Spread On X
False claims about the United States Agency for International Development’s spending have gone viral on social media, ...
Hours before their shift, USAID staff received an email stating they were locked out of Washington HQ amid battle with Elon Musk’s DOGE
The move comes amid a clash between USAID, Donald Trump, and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative, which has left the agency's ...
Elon Musk's USAID Shutdown Could Play Into Russia and China's Hands
One China expert told Newsweek that the USAID funding freeze had handed an "enormous gift" to Beijing's push to influence the ...
Elon Musk’s Enemy, USAID, Was Investigating Starlink’s Contracts in Ukraine
Musk has called the agency “evil” and a “criminal organization,” though the fact that USAID was investigating the Starlink ...
USAID gutting hits Colorado as organizations, small businesses struggle to survive
The agency distributed more than $34 million in contracts contributing to Colorado’s economy in the past year.