The BBC has been live reporting on Musk’s coup:
Democratic lawmakers have gathered outside USAID headquarters in Washington DC.
They are now speaking about how they believe shutting down USAID is a “clear and present danger” to US national security.
Senator Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, says that closing this agency will only aid US adversaries and cites Russian President Vladimir Putin’s celebration of its closure.
The legislators also point out that it’s plain illegal.
… Read the restDemocrat[ic] lawmaker Gerry Connolly says “no-one elected Elon Musk to dismantle” USAID.
“Congress created this agency,” he says. “If you want to change it, you’ve got to change that law. It’s a matter for Congress to deal with, not an unelected billionaire oligarch