Rubio Declares Himself Acting Director Of USAID

CNN reports:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday that he is acting administrator the US Agency for International Development after Elon Musk, the world’s richest man charged with overhauling the federal government, said President Donald Trump had signed off on shutting the agency down. In Washington, USAID’s headquarters was closed for the day, with employees told in an email to remain at home.

Logos and photos of its aid work have been stripped from building walls. And its website and social media accounts have gone dark, replaced with a reduced version of its webpage on the State Department’s website. “It is the apocalypse at USAID,” one USAID official said. “With regards to the USAID stuff, I went over it with (the president) in detail and he agreed that we should shut it down,” Musk said in a X Spaces conversation early Monday.

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New — USAID staff received an email just a few minutes ago letting them know HQ would be closed to all personnel Monday. It’s likely some employees will miss the overnight email, show up and be turned away.

It was sent by Gavin Kliger, one of the young guys at DOGE doing Musk’s bidding.

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— Marisa Kabas (@marisakabas.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 1:37 AM

USAID was created by an Act of Congress in 1961; it cannot legitimately be dissolved by presidential edict. Ofc how long this period of misrule will last is anyone’s guess.

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) January 31, 2025 at 8:45 PM