Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s government advisor, said Usaid is “an apple with worm inside (…) What we have is just a worm ball. Basically, you have to get rid of everything. It has no repair. We are going to close it »
The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, reported that the interim director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was appointed. The information was announced by the same Blond Upon arriving at El Salvador to meet with Nayib Bukele.
Hours before, Donald Trump’s government advisor, Elon Musk, said the president agreed to close the agency, in charge of distributing most of humanitarian aid abroad.
So far, details of this appointment are unknown.
Musk said, during a live on his X platform, with reference to the USAID that “it became evident that it is an apple with worm inside (…) What we have is just a worm ball. Basically, you have to get rid of everything. It has no repair. We are going to close it ».
*Also read: USAID web portal was disabled amid the suspension of aid to countries
This announcement occurs after last Saturday, February 1, the USAID website disappeared without explanations, in what the new US government qualifies as an excessive federal expense, a decision that puts various government agencies at risk, thousands of employees and the humanitarian work that Washington supports around the world.
«It has been directed by a group of radical lunatics. And we are taking them out, ”Trump said on Usaid on Sunday night February 2.
The Donald Trump government imposed an unprecedented freezing of foreign assistance that has closed a large part of humanitarian, development and security programs of USAID worldwide.
Through USAID, the United States is the largest universal donor in the world in more than 100 countries. In 2023, Washington allocated 72,000 million dollars in assistance, from health issues, access to drinking water, HIV/AIDS treatments, anti -corruption work, among others. In 2024, this agency provided 42% of humanitarian aid tracked by the United Nations.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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