Trump, Musk Tell USAID: 'Time To Die'Health Policy Watch, 3 February 2025
The richest man in the world and the President of the United States sent a message over the weekend to USAID, the world's largest provider of humanitarian assistance depended on for survival by millions of the world’s poorest people: “Time to die.”
Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) leading the attack on USAID has no official status, as Congress would need to approve establishing such an agency. Musk is neither a federal employee nor a government official. The question of who, if anyone, DOGE is accountable to, remains unresolved.