Cheney took a dig at Musk while defending her history at the USAID saying in part that "Our nation stood for freedom."

Everyone should be furious about Musk's intrusion into our government, our data and our lives,' says a reader. 'This is not normal. This is not constitutional.'

Killing USAID by contrast is, as experts have noted, a gift to Russia and China. It's a gift to Russia because the current largest line item the USAID budget goes to Ukraine, which has been as devastated by the Russian invasion as many of those European countries were by the Nazis in 1945.

Elon Musk, the billionaire adviser to President Trump, has targeted the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of the Trump administration’s push to slash federal spending.In less than two weeks,

Elon Musk's net worth has declined since Donald Trump took office, primarily due to the impact of new tariffs on his companies.

NBC News has learned that Elon Musk has officially joined the Trump administration as a “special government employee.” Musk said he and President Trump are shutting down USAID. Former Assistant Administrator for Global Health at USAID Dr.

Donald Trump bungled Elon Musk’s name once again on Monday. The president accidentally referred to the tech billionaire as “Leon.” Fox News aired the gaffe. It came as Trump signed an executive order to create a sovereign wealth fund and as he fielded a question on why Musk (who is leading the non-official Department of Government Efficiency’s drive to cut public spending) should have access to Treasury Department payment systems.