Musk appears to have 'quite a bit of power' as he and Trump purge USAID

Elon Musk says he and President Donald Trump are shutting down USAID. NBC News White House Correspondent Vaughn Hillyard has more details. Staff Writer with The Atlantic and MSNBC Political Contributor Mark Leibovich joins Katy Tur to weigh in on why the Trump Administration wants to shut down USAID.
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[@deborahreeder7374]

Why do the richest people in the country want to end assistance for poor people in the US (Medicaid, etc) and around the world (USAID, etc)?

[@JOMz778]

The American taxpayers are done subsidizing the entire world. America first. That's what we voted for. And USAID is a money laundering organization that funnels money to NGOs that fund democrat activist organizations. And on top of that the people who run those non profits pay themselves giant salaries. It's the machine thats inside the machine. That's why democrats are freaking out. They use poor people around the world as a scapegoat

[@meetontheledge1380]

Oh, they ''want''' to do FAR worse. Just look at the last 15 months. I know most will be sure it can never happen here, but they are wrong.

[@caliman99]

Because they have no morality in them. They are greedy, hollow money worshippers. Musk has the maturity of a twelve year old. WEALTH DOES NOT EQUAL WISDOM.

[@olencone4005]

Because they want a permanent worker class for their factories that is too poor and powerless to ever be able to say no.

[@WillyFeonting]

Why should USA feed the world when we have homeless ppl in our streets?

[@timbhaumik]

Musk grew up in Apartheid Era South Africa, and USAID helps a lot of Black Africans

[@DeltaTango2024]

They're openly racist against white people now.....

[@zonie70]

Why should the US support Africans ?

[@almightytowerdiveking4636]

Africa needs to stop accepting help from these other ppl anyway. They need to keep ppl out of there and get themselves together. Get rid of the corruption and Africa will flourish. Instead they have corrupt leaders who allow people of European descent to give them crumbs while they take their vast natural resources. So no. Africa needs to rise up like Ghana did 💯

[@WillyFeonting]

Africa doesn’t need your aid. Africa need fair business practices.

[@WillyFeonting]

@@almightytowerdiveking4636you’re right a million times.

[@arnettayoung4213]

This is crazy! No one voted for Elon Musk!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! REPUBLICANS BETTER GET A BACKBONE AND HELP STOP THIS MADNESS!

[@ExtremelyRightWing]

NOBODY VOTED FOR THE USAID, FBI, CIA, ETC EITHER!!!

[@el7jake]

Everything with Trump is transactional; he never does anything without getting something of value to him in return. So, whay did Musk promise Trump in exchange for power in the US government? Sure would like to know.

[@Shortlover59x]

I wrote my representative (that I didn't not vote for) and told her if she doesn't do anything to stop musk and investigate I will do everything to ensure not a person in my extensively large family will vote for her and that I will do everything to ensure any candidate running against her will be heavily supported financially and vocally. So we will see

[@FarBeyondDriven2]

What madness? They are cutting waste, theres 100 billion missing from USAID, they funded weird crap like transgender plays in another country etc. 😂 it needs shut down

[@reason6835]

@@Shortlover59x: So you like government waste. Got it. 👍

[@barikitchens6383]

50 state march at all capitals,Wednesday Feb 5th @12:00. Resist project 2025! Save America 🇺🇸

[@WinstonSmith24]

Isn’t that during the middle of the workday? Oh I forgot, Democrats don’t work.

[@adrianmoses1667]

Or people could have voted november 5

[@DeltaTango2024]

The 12 people that show up are going to be pumped!!😂

[@sulaco1156]

Where? We need our Senators, Lawyers, and Congress to be with us. Date- place- time- organizer

[@reason6835]

Tell us the top 3 things in project 2025 that scare you the most.

[@Jesse-v7h]

My reason for being an avid critic of SpaceX is that Elon Musk is never truthful. He lies about release dates of both cars and launches. He lies about the cost of products, and then he lies about the ability and quality of those projects. He presented himself as this climate-saving billionare with Tesla, but now he is supporting Trump. He has also expressed himself to people and people’s in a way that frightens me about what one such individual can do with so much capital and power outside of the government. He also lied about paying his fair share of taxes, which I find disgusting. I do not fear SpaceX, I fear the man that own it.

[@DeltaTango2024]

You fear musk because you're a 🐱

[@norohildaesteves5788]

😂😂😂😂 you are a 🤡...

[@michaelhapgood782]

Release dates and cost over runs are frequently miscalculated by companies. The press and the environmental wackos made him out to be some sort of environmental hero. He never presented himself like that. I am sure Musk's accountants are fully aware of the tax code written by the IRS and follow it to the letter. Plus the fact he employees 121,000 people who pay billions in payroll taxes. It's simple minded little people like you that have become so harmful to the country.

[@af5iu696]

@@Jesse-v7h Same here brother.

[@benitosalazar3749]

MDS - Musk Derangement Syndrome. America's newest mental health epidemic.

[@sulaco1156]

I did not authorize ELON MUSK OR ANY OF HIS EMPLOYEES to access my private information. I am not a lawyer, but can he be sued for accessing our private information?

[@brycethomas8864]

Everyone who voted for President Trump voted for exactly this. Considering he got more votes than the other candidate that means you get to just deal with it. We want to root out corruption within our bloated mess of a government. Your tax dollars are being stolen and you’re supporting that.

[@christophercottrell8227]

Sue Elon Musk. Yeah, That would be fun to watch. Good luck with your audit though.

[@floridaman3600]

@E.d.M-y1nHe has just as much to say then anyone else for that matter. In the end democracy will prevail and criminals will be jailed.

[@KILLERCereal-z7q]

GET OVER IT 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@floridaman3600]

@ you get over it

[@Jesse-v7h]

The person who is telling you that you need to endure hardship and live within your means is the same person who shot a sports car into space just for the heck of it.😂🤣😅

[@cynthiag6243]

Musk taking maga money. Say bye maga. Wstch your little money disappear 😅

[@Nosferatus-w7l]

You really are kicking buts, Jesse!

[@jeffdawson1-b8m2k]

Lol.

[@Bruno-y8j8y]

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Bigfish105]

Jealous much? TDS MUCH? How's that PTSD coming???

[@ChrisLT]

Isn't him accessing confidential government data with his Diablo Discord friends extremely illegal?

[@buddyratliff]

Financial data not seceret. Really people.

[@alexanderericson8628]

@@buddyratliff Actually it is, you cannot just randomly look up a persons financial data if you want. And Musk can sell that data to highest bidder, and he will.

[@b.t.2795]

​@@buddyratliff Why did Trump do everything possible to hide his finances grandma?

[@barikitchens6383]

Yes, he needs to be arrested!

[@buddyratliff]

@ not sure ask Briben

[@bimbur1]

He bought influence. Also called corruption.

[@WillyFeonting]

Or lobbying.

[@tomf9239]

What corruption name one ?

[@proreverbman]

well maybe he can get a blanket pardon from dementia Joe??

[@jeffme6891]

@@tomf9239 Here ya go: Offering a million dollar weekly lottery prize to Republican voters in Virginia!

[@bimbur1]

Corruption: When you spend money in return for influence.

[@RobertMurray-wk5ib]

No checks and balances. They LIED TO ME in high school Civics class circa 1991.

[@alexrod3459]

We had checks and balances until the ironically named "Citizens United" gave corpos and oligarchs a green light to buy elections for the least qualified.

[@wades9327]

Everything about your posts does suggest only a high school education.

[@DrBoomStick]

RIP pluto ! i think we all can still agree its a planet!! well if ya was born in the 1900s

[@reason6835]

Perhaps you can list the checks and balances against the executive branch and explain how those are obsolete.

[@arbyjack2552]

Liberal high school curriculum no doubt…

[@98hkg63]

If Musk is continuing to have a non official but influencing role in US politics, his citizenship in Canada and South Africa needs to be addressed

[@Dutchfr1908-d3d]

America voted for an American Putin. this is just the beginning.

[@wades9327]

Good.

[@lovebug8144]

We get it. You are mad because there is a movement that wont let the world thieves steal from the American people any more. They have been stealing from the USA for so long my fellow Americans, they expect to keep stealing from you.

[@brycethomas8864]

Good keep it coming. Keep crying please. Do NOT stop!

[@danmarshall3225]

@E.d.M-y1n1952. I only know this because it is the same year as my father. lol.

[@leonblack2651]

​@danmarshall3225 so you're father is a putin puppet?

[@madelinemanor3367]

Jail him, the people did not vote for Musk to make any political moves!

[@brycethomas8864]

Yes we did. We is breaking no laws and was appointed by the President. This is exactly what we voted for. You can’t just throw people in jail because you disagree with them. Also please cry more.

[@christophercottrell8227]

Good luck with your audit.

[@markbunn8576]

We didn't vote for anyone in USAID either. They're just a bunch of unelected bureaucrats spending the tax payers money. Time for them to go.

[@carolynnixon7095]

There's no need to point out the merits of USAID. Use your time and platform to talk (with passionate outrage) about an unauthorized person running the US Government. That should be the focus.

[@perryroberts4353]

1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia workplaces 70k for production of a DEI musical in Ireland 47k for a trans gender opera in Columbia 32k for a trans gender comic book in Peru

[@carolynnixon7095]

@@perryroberts4353 Items you're not pleased with, if that's what this is, should be discussed with your Congressional members. That's how it works. It's not Musk's privilege to decide.

[@paulthomas963]

But he is authorized. Next!

[@paulthomas963]

@@carolynnixon7095 Yes it is. Trump authorized it.

[@tinaamway2367]

Musk has no reason to be allowed to do any of this. Get him out now!

[@christophercottrell8227]

I hope your audit turns out ok

[@tinaamway2367]

@christophercottrell8227 not worried threatened or care

[@xx_420_blz_it_xx5]

Your feelings about George soros please.

[@tinaamway2367]

@xx_420_blz_it_xx5 don't care no opinion

[@quicksilver3975]

@@tinaamway2367 MUSK 2028 🇺🇸

[@iamsemjaza]

Defying Musk and Trump is Justice, not a crime.

[@DeltaTango2024]

Ok do it then

[@HWilliams-c8e]

Usaid is funding crap not humanitarian projects

[@MSNBCisPropaganda]

Lots of crying is what we voted for and it appears we are getting our moneys worth

[@brycethomas8864]

You’re not a very intelligent person.

[@quicksilver3975]

MUSK 2028 🇺🇸

[@monicahill9741]

UNACCEPTABLE that E.M has this access! I don’t approve!

[@JosianeNagito]

Because you don't know that is for your safety and your money stolen by Governments in lies.

[@brycethomas8864]

If you disapprove then you’re in favor of allowing our bloated, corrupt government to continue to launder our tax dollars.

[@danielmackay8099]

What is USAID ???

[@monicahill9741]

@ YOU care because you replied to my comment!😂🤡😂🤡😂🤡😂🤡😂🤡😂

[@danielmackay8099]

@E.d.M-y1n Done with Democrats.

[@bigteddy9843]

Coup in full effect

[@yunggunz2312]

Cope* in full effect.

[@rolandotravieso9179]

America remember when Trump said that the Haitians were eating the pets, well I got news for you in the future not too far it will be us eating the pets, has anyone seen the price of eggs and milk. Welcome to the united Soviet of America.

[@quicksilver3975]

Completely expected from someone named Rolando 🤣

[@Valkrae_1]

BOYCOTT MUSK AND HIS COMPANIES

[@reason6835]

Yes. Liberals should definitely stop buying rockets.

[@brandonsmith4404]

You’re planning to boycott space lol

[@missanitra]

​@@brandonsmith4404he's never going. Neither are you. You were con'd by a billionaire who doesn't know who u r, nor does he care. 😂🎉

[@TheMagicJIZZ]

You know what GPS is lol​@@missanitra

[@quicksilver3975]

Boycotting Elon won’t work🤣 You obviously don’t know much about him

[@Brendah517]

Why is this commentator smiling and almost laughing. She is reporting on this story and doesn’t seem particularly concerned about this chaos from Musk.

[@ahap8291]

I seen that.

[@JosianeNagito]

Because Musk is wright.

[@DixonDixon65]

Her smirk and joyous face is so wicked looking.

[@leonblack2651]

She knows it's all lies

[@quicksilver3975]

@@JosianeNagito right. Not wright

[@jon63chevy]

Unacceptable deport Elon musk

[@wades9327]

He's an American citizen, unlike the millions Biden let walk in.

[@zipzip5807]

we are too busy deporting 15 million illegal alien invaders

[@arbyjack2552]

@@jon63chevy still upset he bought your safe space?? 🤣😂

[@justinleon3509]

@@arbyjack2552 elon musk is canadian citizen. canada is now US enemy. so why does he have this level of access to US govt?

[@thebilboshow168]

​@@justinleon3509you dems just go off at the mouth "Canada is a enemy now blub blub!" No brains

[@paulmuller2230]

Impeach Trump. Repu

[@raptorcaptain]

Your woke free ride is OVER

[@mozadeh4731]

Don't Buy Tesla

[@ahap8291]

Or starlink

[@2ubetty]

​@@ahap8291Ontario cancelled their contract🎉

[@MarkZ-p1e]

Agree, Stop buying Tesla, Apple products, get out of Facebook and X. Teach these billionaires a leson.

[@ThePackfan69]

Who can afford to buy one of them?

[@quicksilver3975]

MUSK 2028 🇺🇸

[@VolatilityEdgeRunner]

Impeach trump

[@F1Al0ns0sp33d]

Sorry Democrats are in the minority in both chambers of Congress try again

[@wades9327]

Yawn. We are done with your games. Shut up and bend the knee, woke is done.

[@zipzip5807]

Try it again, maybe Trump will win a 4rth term....

[@GailAiken-ve5td]

Get them in the mid term election, I will see how smart people are.

[@b.t.2795]

​@@F1Al0ns0sp33d Midterms will change that again grandma.

[@arig2097]

People actually believe they will stop foreign aid to help the lower class & homeless 😂😂No that money will go straight to own pockets

[@ErnstKuhn]

That's what fascistic oligarchy is all about. Putin, meet Hitler. That's what Trump and Project 2025 represent.

[@certainlysonja]

How did conmen get to rule the world? Confidence Men. All just bravado. All greed.

[@ErnstKuhn]

And zero sense of guilt. That's what makes them psychopaths.

[@reneemcart3572]

Jamie Raskin we need your voice and actions more than ever now!

[@Sbxallday]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@cynthiag6243]

​@Sbxallday font laugh at those that are a million tomes smarter thsn you maga! He has credentials and education and talent you will never know

[@lucianomezzetta4332]

Raskin is a grifter.

[@KevMack999]

Huh?

[@Chuck-js8dy]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rikkisio]

About time democrats started defending America.

[@IWalkAloneGuy]

Then give them the majority so they can. Americans asked for this.

[@buddyratliff]

No they were defunding America

[@buddyratliff]

@ and got it. 🤣

[@el7jake]

Too bad the GOP is interested in defending Trump and not our country. Sickening.

[@WinstonSmith24]

@@IWalkAloneGuyThey had all the majorities and they totally blew it.

[@EarlyRound]

President musk and his orange golf caddy must really owe china a favor.

[@lovebug8144]

all your comments about the millions china gave biden and his Penn center must be all over the internet. I cant wait to read them all.

[@raptorcaptain]

Seethe and rage wokeclown

[@victorschannel5477]

Musk sounded like he was speaking in REMIX......🤣🤣🤣🤣,

[@malonesinclaire9201]

I find it interesting she says this with a smile on her face. Is this not serious?

[@JosianeNagito]

Because President need Advisers and we been tired of been poor without money while it was not to be like that !!!!! Wake up peoples. ❤

[@paynelcasey]

I didn't vote for him but remember this. His voter base loves this so don't complain to them. Supreme court says he is immune so the law is in his favor. Elon can commit crimes and Trump will just pardon him.

[@Sbxallday]

Biden set the precedent with the preemptive pardons.

[@raptorcaptain]

Its SO nice to see you people panic

[@paynelcasey]

@ where in my post did you see panic? there was no such thing as i don’t care. panic is what you wan to see.

[@raptorcaptain]

You cared enough to post a panicked comment The woke mindvirus is getting purged Enjoy

[@raptorcaptain]

The left is in full on panic

[@lucykitty6492]

Time to start impeachment hearings!

[@2ubetty]

It would be for the head of tresury not orange fanta

[@MsLH208]

Sooooo,y can't Trump just be impeached& removed??

[@ErnstKuhn]

Not with sick, spineless Republicans as the majority party in Congress. We have to vote them out in 2026.

[@paulthomas963]

By who? do you know literally anything about the US govt?

[@ItsMe-lj7bs]

People will die without the aid

[@ronhart7324]

Qh please...this is nothing but a money laundering scheme. Waste of tax payer dollars.

[@christophercottrell8227]

Their country needs to step up and help its own people.

[@aqwwsdkkju]

​@@christophercottrell8227or maybe there are too many people in this world.

[@ag5415]

@@christophercottrell8227Please remember this if we ever have civil conflict even with our neighboring countries and the only people willing to send us aid are a much more powerful nation across the world. Your comment reeks of our American privilege , that which we are quickly losing by the minute.

[@ErnstKuhn]

Trump and Co. Couldn't care less.

[@kimbok5971]

It's not up to Trump, Muskolini! Get out of our government!

[@quicksilver3975]

MUSK 2028 🇺🇸

[@ErnstKuhn]

Quicksilver Robot.​@@quicksilver3975

[@ErnstKuhn]

Missouri, the fascist capital of the Heartland.

[@shantiduncan-lampert9663]

Two people with ‘special’ brains that cause them to be ‘so smart’ but lacking basic abilities like compassion, decency, morality and humanity are driving this… not a great plan. Sort of like AI robots so smart and so stupid at the same time. Should be a lab being monitored and tested not among people

[@Duude125]

Cool story.

[@ErnstKuhn]

Donald Trump is an illiterate half-wit. No brains at all. Just listen to his " ideas". James Mattis was right, Trump has the intellect of a fifth grader.

[@MrCoolSuave]

Yeah i can't believe anyone would be ok with a mentally sick president like Joe Biden. Sure hate that

[@yunggunz2312]

Somebody asked A.I. to write them a cool story 😂

[@SizzleCorndog]

Sure this is what he campaigned on and what his supporters might want, but that doesn't change the fact that this is highly irregular if not illegal and his supporters are convinced that protest is an admission of corruption

[@thecyrenian5988]

Can you imagine a president signing orders AND taking questions from the press?

[@KarenPaasche-qj6tf]

He's so demented he just signs whatever piece of paper is put in front of him, not to mention he has the reading capacity of a 2nd grader so never reads what he signs.

[@colin857]

And he says stuff that he back tracks on all the time. Never have any idea what Trump's thinking no matter what he says

[@quicksilver3975]

@@KarenPaasche-qj6tfAnd your name is Karen 🤣🤣Fkn priceless

[@JulieTirado]

This is nothing to be laughing at, we are in a constitutional crisis. Do something about it

[@christophercottrell8227]

No, a crisis are when you are randomly picked for an audit. Good luck not getting randomly picked.

[@quicksilver3975]

The only crisis is in your weak little mind

[@rebekahshoop2949]

Elon Musk literally bought his way into power. Unelected power.

[@pixie_sparkle74]

JUST A FYI The names of the boys because thats what they are aged 19. To 24 who are helping elone are ... akash bobba, luke Farritor, Ethan Shaotran, Edward couristine, Gauther cole killian, and Gavin Kliger .. There are the names of the little boysbhelping elone . THE INTERNET IS AWASH WITH THERE PHOTOS AND ADRESS WITH PHONE NUMBERS TO THERE PARENTS

[@quicksilver3975]

Good to know. These guys are now heroes of mine

[@certainlysonja]

“I checked with him”… WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE?

[@geoffmcnew5863]

That happened in November...remember?

[@ErnstKuhn]

Yeah. In November, the stupidest political base in American history did vote for Trump. Because they're the stupidest political base in American history.​@@geoffmcnew5863

[@ErnstKuhn]

Yeah. In November, the stupidest political base in American history did vote for Trump. Because they're the stupidest political base in American history.​@@geoffmcnew5863

[@febo2367]

people are overrated

[@user-ln3bd9gz5v]

I want access to, as a citizen, to Elania Muskolini’s bank accounts, legal and personnel files

[@christophercottrell8227]

You should files the paperwork tomorrow. Let us know how it works out for you.

[@Albanesque]

Y'all at MSNBC need to catch up with what's going on!!

[@zipzip5807]

MSNBC is the mockingbird media. But no longer because Trump owns the CIA now.

[@OldSchoolDo]

and what might the be ?

[@jrs55555]

As soon as you use y’all, everyone knows your parents are siblings.

[@reason6835]

@@jrs55555: Never been to Texas I see.

[@ThePackfan69]

@@jrs55555 Their family tree has only one branch.

[@Olgaspierogies]

You don't want people in power who perceive humanity as either useful or 'in the way". Heartless; cold and soulless.

[@randal_gibbons]

The house needs to take a vote on impeachment NOW.

[@christophercottrell8227]

The chances of that happening are somewhere between nothing and zero.

[@ThePackfan69]

@@christophercottrell8227 We will have to wait until the Democrats take over both the Senate and House in 2026.

[@paulthomas963]

What planet are you guys writing these things from? You do not live in reality.

[@christophercottrell8227]

Shut it down.

[@ThePackfan69]

Shut what down you maroon?

[@robertamparan]

Americans, look up Indivisible and join protests at your Senators’ offices in your state this week! Demand that they discuss the coup going on in the government and stand up for this democracy. It’s their duty to let us know what is going on and do something about it!

[@quicksilver3975]

Nothing you can do about it little Robbie tampon 🤣🤣🤣🖕🏻

[@prospectnyc]

Isn't that the role of Congress?

[@JOMz778]

No, USAID was created by executive order from JFK in 1961. Any president can undo a previous presidents executive order

[@davidmccarthy6061]

Looking at recent history, there isn't really a Congress any longer. Just a king and of course the GOP controlled courts, and judiciary has always been the strongest branch of gov't.

[@JOMz778]

@davidmccarthy6061 and look at how fast and efficient the government is moving

[@jonaldjodonald1888]

@JOMz778 Change that has damaged working republicans and further shrunk the middle class isn't what I'd call an "efficient Government."

[@wednesdayschild3627]

Yes. They are treasury employees. They will present their findings. Funding will be cut.

[@susanmerila4958]

Us aid all the way. Get out ELON MUSK!!!!!! NOW

[@nivekstar1]

So, my so-called fellow Americans, you chose arrogance and life in shame and disgrace while the monster Donald J. Trump continues to discriminate, tearing down diversity equalism and inclusion throughout this once respected and honorable country is this the change you require

[@randominternetuser2888]

More voted for other candidates than DJ6T, and most citizens didn't even vote.

[@SKB1007]

🤡🤮💩🤬🤬. UNFIT TO SERVE

[@christophercottrell8227]

I hear Elon Musk has gathered receipts, and all negative non-patriots are known. I decided not to make myself a target for any investigation or audit.

[@quicksilver3975]

MUSK 2028🇺🇸

[@zipzip5807]

Vance 2028!

[@Mynameisgus94]

They don't care to know...boycott all Elon products!

[@REMSleepandrelaxation]

I'm so scared about the next 4 years, if we make it. I never was this worried with Biden. Trump and his oligarch friends wants us so poor and to work in his factories. This is scary.

[@quicksilver3975]

You’re scared because you’re a 🐈

[@ErnstKuhn]

To Elon STENCH we aren't people. We're insects.

[@yunggunz2312]

You're scared because you let MSNBC form opinions for you

[@AprilArick007]

^^ LoL

[@marilynevans9210]

Musk you were not elected and nobody wants your input and advice to Trump. Trump needs to leave America for good and stop meddling in Treasury files and money. If Trump is incapable of leading the nation under his own steam he should resign . Even the Vice President has no input in things. 😂😂😂😂😢😢😢😢😢

[@reason6835]

So wrong. The people voted for ALL of this. Why do you hate democracy?

[@quicksilver3975]

MUSK 2028 🇺🇸. CRY YOU FKN SNOWFLAKE ❄️. CRY HARD

[@CG_Pro]

USA. Great again 🫡

[@hassek8374]

Have to jail Trump and Musk first, but i get your ironi

[@quicksilver3975]

@@hassek8374Just try it snowflake

[@alices1936]

I want to know who’s paying Musk? He’s not a government employee and I certainly didn’t vote for him.

[@brazendesigns]

WHAT ABOUT ELON INVADING A FEDERAL BUILDING AND TAKING OVER THE FEDERAL PAYMENT SYSTEM WHICH INCLUDES OUR SOCIAL SECURITY FUND?????

[@leonblack2651]

What about it?

[@quicksilver3975]

MUSK 2028🇺🇸

[@ThePackfan69]

@@leonblack2651 It is illegal. I don't want him messing with my Social Security or anyone else's.

[@ThePackfan69]

@@quicksilver3975 He was not born on American soil.

[@quicksilver3975]

@ 22nd amendment can and will be amended

[@IndridCool54]

Deport Musk 😐

[@JosianeNagito]

Musk is saving waste money out of USA.

[@mikeg1483]

They won't push back well enough

[@ancientsoul4563]

USAID must end. You can’t keep taking taxpayers money to support other countries. We need our taxpayers money in America for people whose house burned down. We need to help those people in America.

[@1lightheaded]

Usually the money donated is used to buy from America

[@moiramccleary-p4g]

Seems Elon is helping himself.

[@ThePackfan69]

We have money for disaster victims. We need to cut the defense budget.

[@kamarco4839]

It doesn’t matter what people think about USAID, that money has already been appropriated. Change it if you must, by congress going forward.

[@Duude125]

Congress approves the budget. Then unelected bureaucrats get to decide where the money goes.

[@SockPuppetBill]

A B C had to pay the First Lady Melania Trump $900 million dollars 😂

[@seoulman2743]

we the people don't want our money going abroad to help people who don't care about us.

[@joannebuehler9049]

BOYCOTT MUSK !!!!!!!!

[@zipzip5807]

cry hard!

[@DCGreenZone]

Leon the man child doing his best Tom Cruise, fail.

[@rachelm9350]

The people that worked at those offices were middle class average americans. Many of whoch have families. They were given zero notice, their union contracts violated, their data stolen, and their work terminated illegally.

[@Splat-j9v]

We are going to see how much u. s. aid was going back to the Democratic party pocketbook Probably.

[@ThePackfan69]

No Trump and Musk got it first.

[@Splat-j9v]

@ThePackfan69 Democrat party favorite people. Stay in line. Clueless

[@terrymartin3224]

Yes. the Demoncrat's piggy bank has been closed lol

[@CB-my5ue]

This move from Elon Musk needs to stop.....NOW!

[@nathanialpittman6949]

Theyre moving the usaid into the state department and marco rubio is making deals with the mercs in Panama.

[@ErnstKuhn]

Little Marco. Another gutless, bootlicking sycophant.

[@mufflejoy]

Not to worry - China will fill the void after USAID.

[@melbajeanmeadlo8248]

People want to know where the money going . 78 million people voted for this . Trump made it clear. At the start you said $40million dollars . How do you know where the money going . The American people need to money themselves.

[@ThePackfan69]

Trump only got 73 million votes.

[@Ginni-f6y]

Jamie Raskin is a national treasure.

[@rbprafcolman3438]

Dismantling the way money is laundered is beautiful. Thank you President Donald J Trump

[@1lightheaded]

Stupid is as stupid does You Trump and Musk have no idea how the economy works .

[@hassek8374]

Every dollar going in Trump and his corrupt billionaires pocket

[@JosianeNagito]

Amen.

[@ginabrichoux8547]

[@ThePackfan69]

What are you talking about?

[@Epark58]

The Republicans thought they were getting JD Vance! Instead, they got Elon Musk!

[@ag5415]

Both are terrible.

[@petehart3710]

Does MSNBC know the difference between a shutdown of an agency and a purge?

[@GulfbeachMateo]

Can't wait for you to pay $15 for eggs and lose all your benefits, Boomer.

[@mericaf--kyeah]

This is awful USAID is a great organization!! They helped the Afghan people develop better irrigation systems for their farms. Sounds wonderful except the farmers were growing opium!!!! Taxer payer money well spent 👌. MSNBC definitely wont report that though.

[@Researcher1-y2m]

Go Musk, Go Trump. USAID, does not provide aid. They have been funding bioweapons. USAID funneled $53 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then used U.S. taxpayer funds to support gain-of-function research on coronaviruses at the Wuhan lab-research that likely led to the creation of COVID-19. They also fund NGO that do the dirty work of the FBI and CIA. Go Trump, Go Musk

[@ThePackfan69]

Because it is not true.

[@mericaf--kyeah]

@ThePackfan69 whats not true

[@mk4881]

Deport Musk!

[@reason6835]

Can’t deport U.S. citizens. Sorry.

[@ThePackfan69]

@@reason6835 He's not a U S citizen. He is a citizen of South Africa.

[@reason6835]

@@ThePackfan69: He became a naturalized citizen in 2002. What do you internet twerps always say? Oh yeah….”do your research.”

[@reason6835]

@@ThePackfan69: Did you just pull that straight out of your butt without looking it up first?

[@Browe2546]

Attack the least able to fight back, what a shameful excuse for a human being, bet he can't find any savings in the billions he receives from the government

[@runmarkrunheinrich]

Where it the press to ask what legal and constitutional authority a man that was neither elected or appointed to a cabinet position to have line item budget authority to authorize and deauthorize entire programs and departments with budgets allocated by congress?

[@KevMack999]

Well that’s what happened when Carter established the DOE and when W Bush established the DHS so…….

[@ThePackfan69]

@@KevMack999 Not the same maroon. Get a clue.

[@kimrabrown857]

So, wait! From what i understood, musk said he was acting as DOGE. he went over it in detail and was given the go ahead. Musk said "so, we shut it down". I assume his collective WE refers to DOGE. So, where is the rest of the DOGE committee?

[@TrumpsOURPresident]

I dont want my tax money to go to other countries

[@tinasimkins8006]

It doesn't mean your life will be better if the money doesn't go to these other countries. But, Musk is probably working towards more tax breaks for himself. trump and Musk don't care about you or any middle class or poor person.

[@aqwwsdkkju]

​@@lee01390yah, give it to Musk.

[@ThePackfan69]

I don't want my tax money going to the military.

[@ag5415]

It’s going to US corporations and ultra wealthy pockets. By comparison , pennies go to other countries. Why do you think there should be people as rich as Musk or Bezos? Do you know how much good they could do if they paid a fraction of the percent of taxes you or I pay? Its insane how much these companies don’t have to pay our government yet they make us pay. Stop villainizing other people like you. Trump does not care if you live or die and neither does Vance or Musk.

[@haltoupee6135]

37 trillion in debt. Wake up and tell yourself that each day. 37 trillion.

[@ErnstKuhn]

Because oligarchs don't pay taxes.

[@Marie-t5c]

Getting a bit tired of the regurgitation , any kind of solution?

[@leonblack2651]

No. Just whining

[@dr.pakadoc717]

How on earth does he not know what his motivations are? He is motivated by profit and power... state it plainly. I'm also tired of how DT is treated with kid gloves. Why is the journalist smiling while reporting this vile abuse of power. It's not cute or funny. Also, didn't Ivanka have personal oversight of this program in his first term? Of course he knew.

[@DebbieDavidson-l6y]

Sack Muskrat.

[@ErnstKuhn]

Elon STENCH. Like the Orange Pig, he's a malignant narcissist for the ages .Vlad the Impaler, Stalin, Hitler, Trump and Musk. You just know little Elon doesn't want to be outdone.

[@Brucemcleod2345]

we are all a bit sick of your woke DEI and TDS. Pathetic

[@Grymgar]

Elon Musk stole your social security number

[@SkateZombie]

Elon is Canadian, Canada needs to send treason charges .

[@Glumclam]

Why is Muk going after the elderly and not the bloated department of defense which hasn’t been able to pass multiple audits.

[@kdenso3196]

Yeah, looks like he is doing what he was appointed to do. I voted for all of this. Job well done

[@madelinemanor3367]

Sucko

[@JOMz778]

According to the media we didn't know what we were voting for even though they campaigned on it. That's narrative 1. Narrative 2 is that Trump and Elon weren't really gonna do the things they said they were gonna do and that DOGE would have no real power. They create a paradox. They think we're too stupid to think for ourselves in order to keep people believing everything they say

[@almightytowerdiveking4636]

Elon Musk isn't American if I'm not mistaken. Trump and MAGA sold democracy 😂😂

[@christophercottrell8227]

It’s fantastic too.

[@ErnstKuhn]

He wasn't born here. At least we're not responsible for that. The reptile was actually hatched in South Africa where his Hitler - worshipping father owned some kind of gemstone mine.

[@kennyhunter3323]

THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION WITH MUSK AND TRUMP, SOMETHING THEIR NOT TELLING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, WHATS ALL THIS IN IT FOR ELON MUSK ??

[@ErnstKuhn]

Billions of dollars in government contracts! That's what's in it for him!!

[@paulmcgaha1458]

Democrats be like we will fight for wasteful spending😊

[@tomlakosh1833]

Please FOIA the administrative record on the decision to shut down Treasury and USAID, so we can see just how arbitrary and capricious these decisions are.

[@dougm2250]

WINNING!

[@Darkmankind]

Of course, Musk has quite a bit of power; the majority of these citizens and some stragglers wanted him to have it.

[@vehelothtrismagistus]

Hey maga, are you glad you voted for president squealon fusk yet? Good job! Orange julius ceasar isnt in control here.

[@leonblack2651]

Whichever ever one makes you cry I'm good with.

[@vehelothtrismagistus]

@leonblack2651 im not crying, im laughing because you voted into office the mechanism of your own demise. I couldnt be happier either. I hope "owning the libs" is worth whats coming. Im on their side, not the right wing. I go way deeper than human politics. If you know anything about your partys main religion you may have a clue. We have bodies now and we dont really like the left either, theyre too christ-like. 🤣👹

[@leonblack2651]

@vehelothtrismagistus did you cry when the tariffs were postponed? I guess you'll have to wait to enjoy the suffering of others. Poor you.

[@vehelothtrismagistus]

@leonblack2651 oh, the suffering hasnt even started yet. Hahahaha!!!

[@leonblack2651]

@vehelothtrismagistus I know you're giddy, but you'll have to wait. Have you considered pulling the wings off of butterflies in the meantime?

[@pcrowe75]

All I want to know is what does Musk have on trump. Time will tell.