The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is pulling almost all U.S. Agency for International Development workers off the job and out of the field worldwide, moving to all but end a six-decade mission to shore up American security by fighting starvation,

Thousands of USAID employees, except for essential personnel, were notified they will be placed on administrative leave at the end of Friday.

One China expert told Newsweek that the USAID funding freeze had handed an "enormous gift" to Beijing's push to influence the Global South. Meanwhile, one Kremlin propagandist has said on Russian television that Moscow could exploit the gap left by USAID and project geopolitical power with a similar program.

Musk’s social media discussion on the Department of Government Efficiency included Vivek Ramaswamy along with Senators Joni Ernst and Mike Lee.