The Tesla CEO announcing in an x-spaces overnight that president trump has agreed to shut down the international Agency for International Development.
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00:00Elon Musk's influence in the Trump administration continues to expand.
00:04The Tesla CEO announcing in an X Spaces conversation overnight that President Trump has agreed
00:10to shut down the International Agency for International Development, better known as
00:15USAID.
00:17That administers billions of dollars in humanitarian development and security assistance to more
00:22than 100 countries.
00:24Trump saying prior to that X Spaces that USAID has been quote, run by a bunch of radical
00:30lunatics and we're getting them out and then we'll make a decision.
00:35Important to note, Elon Musk and Doge have zero authority.
00:38Congress controls federal spending.
00:41Around 60 senior USAID staff were put on leave last week and accused of attempting to circumvent
00:48Trump's executive order to freeze foreign aid for 90 days.