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International Business Times
International Business Times
Marvie Basilan

'President Musk' Trends On X Amid USAID 'Shutdown,' Democratic Backlash Against 'Unelected Billionaire'

Elon Musk's antics during Trump rallies last year went viral on social media during the 2024 campaign period. (Credit: AFP)

KEY POINTS

  • The tech titan called USAID a 'criminal organization' and accused it of doing 'rogue CIA work'
  • Democrats blasted the Tesla CEO for being 'unelected' and yet supposedly acting like the president
  • Some Democratic leaders appeared at a protest Monday outside the USAID headquarters
  • Trump said he loves the vision of the USAID, but the agency supposedly turned out to be 'radical left lunatics'

"President Musk" was a hot politics trend on X overnight following Elon Musk's Monday announcement that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will be "shutting down" as part of the Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) bid to aggressively cut government spending.

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