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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Richard Hall

‘Shock, disbelief and fear’: Inside USAID as Elon Musk works to dismantle humanitarian agency

The emails began arriving soon after Inauguration Day, and the intention was clear.

Jason Gray, an acting administrator installed by Donald Trump atop the U.S. Agency for International Development, delivered a flurry of orders to staff in late January aimed at radically overhauling the agency in the president’s image.

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