{"id":8852,"date":"2025-02-03T10:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=8852"},"modified":"2025-02-03T10:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T15:34:06","slug":"report-usaid-closes-hq-to-staffers-monday-as-musk-says-trump-supports-shutting-agency-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/foreign-affairs\/report-usaid-closes-hq-to-staffers-monday-as-musk-says-trump-supports-shutting-agency-down\/njackson\/2025\/02\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: USAID Closes HQ To Staffers Monday As Musk Says Trump Supports Shutting Agency Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A significant development&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staffers said that they tracked over 600 workers who reported getting locked out of the USAID computer systems overnight, according to the Associated Press. People who remained in the system got emails stating that &#8220;at the direction of Agency leadership&#8221; the headquarters facility &#8220;will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elon Musk, who is spearheading the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/doge-announces-more-than-1b-savings-after-canceling-104-federal-dei-contracts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)<\/a>&nbsp;effort, had said during an X spaces conversation that President Donald Trump agreed that the USAID should be shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Musk indicated<\/a>&nbsp;that the shut-down process is underway.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that unlike an apple contaminated by a worm, the agency is &#8220;a bowl of worms.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cUSAID is a ball of worms. There is no apple. And when there is no apple you just need to get rid of the whole thing. That&#39;s why it&#39;s got to go. It&#39;s beyond repair.&quot;<br><br>Elon Musk<\/p>&mdash; Tesla Owners Silicon Valley (@teslaownersSV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teslaownersSV\/status\/1886311829217124769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">USAID is a criminal organization <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xzl70dmow1\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xzl70dmow1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1886317363953279401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I fully support defunding USAID. <br><br>Stop giving $ to countries that hate us. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqrr8egr9F\">pic.twitter.com\/uqrr8egr9F<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/1886285265255153897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 3, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story. 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