Engineers between 19 and 24, most linked to Musk’s companies, are playing a key role as he seizes control of federal infrastructure.

Elon Musk called USAID a criminal organization that should “die.” Proponents say it’s a key arm of U.S. influence that, if destroyed, “cannot be easily rebuilt.”

The administration is on the verge of shutting the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to the administration's billionaire adviser and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.