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Even Trump’s Chief of Staff Was ‘Aghast’ at Elon Musk’s Deadly USAID Cuts

Cuts and shutdown of USAID programs under Musk’s leadership risk halting immunizations and grants, potentially causing up to 700,000 deaths annually, the Center for Global Development says.

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Elon Musk, a billionaire who decimated the United States federal workforce using the Department of Government Efficiency, is not remembered fondly by the most powerful woman in Washington: Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff and the gatekeeper to President Donald Trump. In several on-the-record interviews with Vanity Fair's Chris Whipple conducted over the past year, Wiles, who had corralled the notoriously backstabby Trump political operati…
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He also described Vice President JD Vance as “theoretical of conspiracy”, the head of budget, Russ Vought, as “absolute right-wing fanatic” and criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi’s management of the files related to the deceased and discredited financial Jeffrey Epstein. Read more

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Diane Ravitch's blog broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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