After freezing nearly all foreign aid in late January, the Trump administration has been attempting to fire thousands of employees at the U.S. Agency for International Development in hopes of dismantling the organization entirely.
Elon Musk, the billionaire and newly appointed head of the Department of Government Efficiency, has repeatedly attacked USAID, which handles projects across 141 countries worldwide, saying it is “time for it to die.” The agency’s future remains unclear as a judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s bid to put 2,200 USAID workers on administrative leave, though the funding freeze remains in place.
