On Sunday night, Trump attacked the aid agency’s leadership saying they were a “bunch of radical lunatics.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who was named acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Monday, told lawmakers he plans to review and potentially restructure or abolish parts of USAID .
Musk described USAID as not just an “apple with a worm it in” but rather a “bowl of worms” which was “beyond repair” and the only solution was “You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing.” Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, who was also on the stream, said if there are “truly good pro-American programs” under USAID’s authority they should be moved under the State Department and “make sure we have proper oversight.”We’re launching text message alerts so you'll always know the biggest stories shaping the day’s headlines.
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