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What Trump and Musk are really doing by gutting USAID
After just two weeks in power, President Donald Trump and his top donor and adviser, Elon Musk, are declaring war on U.S. foreign aid. Within hours of taking office, Trump issued an executive order suspending all U.S. foreign assistance. Days later, …