Judge Slams the Brakes on Trump’s Plan to Gut USAID as Musk Cheers the ‘Wood Chipper’
Feb 08, 2025•7 min
Episode description
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sidelining thousands of USAID employees in a sweeping effort to shrink the agency. Trump calls it a corrupt money pit, Musk says they’re “feeding it into the wood chipper,” but unions argue it’s an illegal attack on global aid efforts. The fight over USAID’s future is just getting started.
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