Former USAID staff and supporters rally to mark one year since USAID was dismantled Feb. 27, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert, File) After donating $288 million to help Donald Trump and other Republican candidates win their elections in 2024, Elon Musk spearheaded the newly created Department of Government Efficiency. By all appearances, he enjoyed cutting government programs and firing longtime federal employees. He posted on social media in February 2025 that he and his team could have attended “some great parties” but instead “we spent the weekend feeding USAID into the woodchipper.”Founded in 1961, USAID worked to end extreme...