The billionaires are in control as we enter the ‘might makes right’ era.
Tesla, SpaceX and X CEO Elon Musk arrives to speak during an inauguration event at Capital One Arena on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Donald Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the United States.In an unprecedented flexing of the power of the executive branch, unelected billionaire Elon Musk is shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development.
It also seems like that doesn’t matter and no one will be stopping it. “Hearing that Trump is about to double down on the constitutional crisis,” Chris Murphy, a Democratic Senator from Connecticut,on the Musk-owned website X. “A President cannot eliminate an appropriated federal agency by executive order. That’s what a despot – who wants to steal the taxpayers money to enrich his billionaire cabal – does. Watch USAID tonight.
USAID is not a benevolent force. It’s a tool of American soft power. Global empires like America spend billions of dollars across the planet to influence other countries. China does a similar thing through its Belt and Road Initiative.
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