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

Elon Musk, who says President Donald Trump agrees USAID should be shut down, described the government agency as “beyond repair.” Musk also expressed how much he likes the president.

U.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment(USAID)stafferssaidthattheytrackedover600workerswhoreportedgettinglockedoutoftheUSAIDcomputersystemsovernight,accordingtotheAssociatedPress.Peoplewhoremainedinthesystemgotemailsstatingthat“atthedirectionofAgencyleadership”theheadquartersfacility“willbeclosedtoAgencypersonnelonMonday,Feb.3.” ElonMusk,whoisspearheadingtheDepartmentofGovernmentEfficiency(DOGE)effort,hadsaidduringanXspacesconversationthatPresidentDonaldTrumpagreedthattheUSAIDshouldbeshutdown. Muskindicatedthattheshut-downprocessisunderway.  Hesaidthatunlikeanapplecontaminatedbyaworm,theagencyis“abowlofworms.” MUSK’SDOGETAKESAIMAT‘VIPER’SNEST’FEDERALAGENCYWITHGLOBALFOOTPRINT “Thereisnoapple,”hesaid.“It’sbeyondrepair.” Musknotedthatthemor