A “60 Minutes” report tried to drum up emotional support for employees fired from the U.S. Agency for International Development by the Trump administration, and Elon Musk fired back on social media.
USAID was one of the more prominent targets of the DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency headed by Musk to root out wasteful spending and corruption. Democrats were outraged that workers were denied entry to USAID offices and accused Musk of acting unconstitutionally.
‘These are folks who had decades and decades of public service serving USAID across administrations from, you know, George Bush to Obama to the first Trump administration.’
The report featured an interview with Kristina Drye, a former USAID worker who was fired during the DOGE shutdown.
“People are really scared,” said Drye in the report. “I think that, 12 days ago, people knew where their next paycheck was coming…
