Well, it looks like the bureaucratic swamp just sprung another leak—this time at USAID, the so-called U.S. Agency for International Development, which, if we’re being honest, has spent more time funding pet leftist projects overseas than actually helping anyone. But now, thanks to President Trump and Elon Musk, it seems the days of unaccountable, taxpayer-funded global meddling might finally be coming to an end.
Over the weekend, USAID’s director of security and his deputy were placed on administrative leave after they tried—imagine this—to stop DOGE (the Department of Government Efficiency) employees from accessing secure systems that, according to reports, included personnel files, classified information, and security clearance data. In other words, USAID staff thought they could block a government-mandated audit and still keep their jobs. It turns out not so much.
When the DOGE team was met with resistance, they didn’t back down. Instead, USAID staff reportedly threatened to call U.S. Marshals to prevent access. That’s right—the people in charge of “transparency” and “good governance” were so desperate to keep their secrets locked away that they nearly turned this into a full-blown standoff. But in the end, the DOGE team got in, and now the question is: what were they trying to hide?
Elon Musk, never one to mince words, took to X (formerly Twitter) and said what a lot of Americans have been thinking for years: USAID needs to go. He called the agency a “criminal organization,” which, given its history of funneling money into questionable foreign projects, doesn’t seem too far off the mark. And before the media could start their usual pearl-clutching, Trump himself backed him up, calling USAID “run by a bunch of radical lunatics” and promising to “get them out.”
USAID is a criminal organization.
Time for it to die. https://t.co/sWYy6fyt1k
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 2, 2025
Naturally, the Democrats are in full panic mode. They’re suddenly very concerned about security clearances—despite spending the last few years shrugging off Chinese spies cozying up to their members of Congress, illegal aliens flooding the country, and classified documents sitting in Joe Biden’s garage. But now that their precious foreign aid slush fund is under scrutiny, we’re supposed to believe they care about national security? Please.
You can judge the value of a new policy by the anger it arouses amongst its critics pic.twitter.com/zq9lOgKGnS
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) February 3, 2025
And let’s talk about the actual impact of this shake-up. More than 1,000 USAID employees and contractors have been either fired or furloughed, with entire departments put on administrative leave. The Bureau of Legislative and Public Affairs has been gutted. The agency’s website even went dark over the weekend. If this were any other federal agency, the media would be hyperventilating about a “coup.” But the reality is this is long overdue. USAID has been operating as a rogue entity for decades, using taxpayer dollars to bankroll leftist NGOs, fund dubious “humanitarian” efforts, and push radical social policies across the globe—all while dodging oversight.
Holy cow! The federal govt sent these Lutheran NGOs over $600 million just in December and January? Can that possibly be right? Did Biden just pre-fund all these NGOs to keep them afloat the next four years? https://t.co/nNNzz70usX
— Aaron M. Renn 🇺🇸 (@aaron_renn) February 3, 2025
In a live X Spaces session, Musk made it clear that he and Trump discussed USAID in detail and came to the same conclusion: burn it down and start over. He didn’t sugarcoat it either, saying, “It’s not an apple with a worm in it… it’s just a ball of worms.” And honestly, that sums it up perfectly. USAID isn’t just dysfunctional—it’s designed to be unaccountable. It’s a tool for the globalist elite to push their agenda under the guise of “aid,” all while regular Americans foot the bill.
Why was USAID actively instructing media organizations around the world to “AGREE POLICIES ON STRATEGIC SILENCE” to all collectively censor social media narratives? pic.twitter.com/oYz0BKjG29
— Mike Benz (@MikeBenzCyber) February 2, 2025
Now, the predictable outrage machine is revving up, with Democrats and their media lapdogs screaming about legal authority. “Can Trump and Musk actually shut down a federal agency without Congress?” they ask as if they’ve ever cared about constitutional limits before. But let’s be real—the left has spent decades expanding executive power whenever it suited them. Now that Trump is using it to drain their international cash cow, they’re suddenly sticklers for the rules? Spare us the fake outrage.
This is what real government efficiency looks like—not just trimming the fat but cutting out the rot entirely. USAID has been running wild for too long, burning through billions while answering to no one. If Democrats think they can just complain their way out of this, they’re in for a rude awakening. The American people have had enough of these unelected bureaucrats running shadow governments with taxpayer money.
Musk and Trump are right: shut it down. And if the left doesn’t like it, well, maybe they should’ve been paying attention before the gravy train went off the rails.
