Washington – The US International Development Agency talks about the closure, Trump's administration reports billion adviser and X, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon MuskWho fought for control over the agency in recent days.
In early Monday, Musk held a live session on X Spaces, which was previously known as Twitter Spaces, and said he talked about usaid with President Trump in detail. “He agreed that we had to close it,” Musk said.
“It became clear that he was not an apple with a worm,” Musk said. “What we have is just a ball of worms. You must mostly get rid of the whole case. It's not repair. We close it.”
On Monday, USAID employees were instructed to stay alongside the agency's headquarters in Washington, according to a common report. Employees said 600 employees who reported that they had been closed from the agency's computer systems one night. Those who still received emails in the system saying that “in the direction of the management of the” Kokwater Staff “by the agency will be closed on Monday, February 3,”
USAID controls humanitarian, development and security programs in approximately 120 countries. One European diplomat told CBS News that they were considering this step to dismantle it as “an unusual gift for Russia/China.”
Musk's comments at the X Space session appeared after the administration placed two main security chiefs on vacation. USAID USAID Director John Vorchis and Brian McGill Deputy Director Brian McGill were allotted on Saturday night, Two sources confirmed by CBS News.
The current and former American official told Associated Press On Sunday, this step happened after two USAID officials refused to allow staff from musk run Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) To access classified material in limited places.
Dage -Ekiphage Musk lacked a high enough security permit to access this information, so two USAID officials considered themselves legally obliged to deny access, the AP reports.
Doge staff eventually gained access to the agency's classified information on Saturday, which includes exploration reports, the former official said.
Kate Miller, who appears in the Dogeo Advisory Council did not respond to comment requests but did it Rearrange the AP article on X With a comment, “there was no access to classified material without proper security.”
The current and former US officials knew about the incident and talked on anonymity as they had no right to share information.
Musk on Sunday replied to X news reports, saying: “Usaid is a criminal organization. Time will die.” He followed with additional messages on X about the help agency.
This happens every other day after DOGE conducted a similar operation in the Treasury, having access to confidential information, including social security and Medicare payment systems. The Washington Post reports that the senior treasury has resigned the Moscow team with access to confidential information.
Musk formed Dogel in cooperation with the Trump administration with the stated goal of finding ways to dismiss federal workers, reduce programs and reduce federal rules.
USAID, whose site disappeared on Saturday, was one of the federal agencies that are most oriented by the Trump administration in the escalation of the federal government and many of its programs.
“It manages a bunch of radical crazy. And we bring them out,” Mr. Trump said about USAID on Sunday night.
Trump and Secretary of State Mark Rubio introduced an unprecedented freezing for foreign aid, which closed most of the humanitarian, development and security programs around the world – a convincing thousand of assistance organizations – and ordered the leaves that pulling out these leadership and staff of the Agency in Washington.
The US is definitely the world's largest humanitarian aid donor, and USAID manages billions of humanitarian, development and security assistance in more than 100 countries.
Peter Morocco, who returned to the political appointed from Mr. Trump, was the leader to execute the shutdown. USAID staff say they believe that foreign agencies with visitors who ask questions from the Washington Staff are members of the DOGE Musk's team.
Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren said in a report on Sunday that the President allowed Musk to access personal information and close state financing.
“We must do our best to push and protect people from harm,” said the Senator Massachusetts, not giving details.
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