USAID closes HQ to staffers Monday as Musk says Trump supports shutting agency down

Elon Musk, who is spearheading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) effort, said during an X spaces conversation that President Donald Trump agreed that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) should be shut down.

Musk indicated that unlike an apple contaminated by a worm, the agency is “a bowl of worms.”

“There is no apple,” he said. “It’s beyond repair.”

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Musk noted that the more he’s gotten to know Trump, the more he likes the president.

“Frankly, I love the guy. He’s great,” the business tycoon said of the president.