The Girlfriend

USAID is not part of the executive branch. It was passed into law by the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998. Which is what "it was passed by statute in Congress" means. It cannot be disbanded by EO. And, it was structured under that law so that it operates outside of the State Dept. USAID is funded by the annual federal budget, They allocate the funds. Again, neither Musk nor Trump have the unilateral authority to defund, dismantle, or otherwise change the agency without going through the proper legislative process.

USAID was passed by statue in Congress. It cannot be eliminated by EO. Each year federal agencies receive funding from Congress, known as budgetary resources . In FY 2025, the Agency for International Development (USAID) had -- distributed among its 3 sub-components. Agencies spend available budgetary resources by making financial promises called obligations . The current federal spending freeze is for money that was already appropriated by Congress and is also not legal. I have typed this out several times. Now go punch yourself in the face and run into traffic.

Now imagine that president being set for any administration.

You are advocating breaking the law? I’m not a huge fan of the slippery slope argument but this feel like a worthy example.

I swear they don’t even read anything anyone says and just jump to illogical conclusions.

Anyone? This is money that has already been budgeted and approved by Congress. They do NOT have the power to do this. Congress controls the power of the purse. Yes, there will be lawsuits and most likely this will not go in their favor, but by then the damage will have already been done. If they really were on the up and up, a bipartisan committee would have been the proper way to deal with this.

Again, why does this need to be done illegally and without oversight? Anyone?

But it won’t. It’s going to fund the tax breaks for the wealthy.

Here’s an example Elon has been amplifying several tweets alleging (falsely) that the Defending Democracy Together Institute, received funding from USAID. The real story is this: USAID—the development agency that Elon is shuttering—gives grants as part of its regular operations. In the past, it gave money to a philanthropic foundation. That foundation has at some point in its history given funds to a donor-advised fund. And that fund has, at some point in its history, supported DDTI. If any of this were true, they wouldn’t need to do this illegally. They could in fact, pause certain funding and put it under review-just like other administrations have done in the past. They are banking on most people being too lazy or too stupid to their own due diligence here. USAID also contributes to 1% or less of the federal budget. In 2023 the total cost was 43.4 billion, but they want to use this money to offset tax breaks to the ultra wealthy that will cost us 400 billion, but they need you to think it’s money being wasted.

I see tiny brained people.

You guys will go down as the dumbest group of rubes in history. You’ll be used as examples of how social media manipulation worked. You’ll be mocked for generations to come. Good work, dummies.

Because you haven’t. It’s a new boogie man for the weak minded to be afraid of.

Only weak, scared men worship Donald Trump and only weak, scared men fall for his tactics.

We’re having a great time. You guys look like fools.

Roy Cohn was Donnie’s mentor. He died of AIDS. All of a sudden the jerking 2 guys off at one dance makes sense. Also YMCA.

Isn’t he the guy who always bragged about his smarts?

I think he’s drunk.

Number one: attack, attack, attack. Number two: admit nothing and deny everything. And rule number three: no matter what happens, you claim victory and never admit defeat.

I’m sure they’ll take his name off first.

It’s a take on the Roy Cohn playbook.

First they threaten you. Then they create conspiracy theories about you. Then they hound you with an online mob to make sure you fall in line.

First they threaten you. Then they create conspiracy theories about you. Then they hound you with an online mob to make sure you fall in line.

Dude, you get it.