The U.S. Agency for International Development, which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid abroad, was shut down by tech billionaire Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump after they decided the agency was “beyond repair.”
After reviewing the government agency with Trump’s approval, Musk, the leader of Trump’s government efficiency drive, made the decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its offices in Washington, D.C.
Mail Online reports that employees were taken aback when they received emails on Monday morning telling them to avoid the agency’s offices in Washington, D.C.
According to USAID employees, they were able to track 600 workers who claimed to have been locked out of the agency’s computer systems during the course of the night.
“At the direction of Agency leadership, the headquarters building will be closed to Agency personnel on Monday, Feb. 3,” according to notifications sent to work emails for those remaining in the system.
Regarding the six-decade-old U.S. international aid and development organization, Elon Musk said, “It became apparent that it’s not an apple with a worm it in.”
“What we have is just a ball of worms. You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It’s beyond repair.
“We’re shutting it down,” he said on X.Â