USAID was established in 1961 by President John F. Kennedy via executive order under the authority of the Congress-passed Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. While authorized by this legislation, it was later formally codified as an independent agency by Congress through the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998.

Sadly, a LOT of people stayed home and did not vote for Kamala Harris, or they voted 3rd party, and Trump was elected to run the Executive branch. The Trump administration decided the executive branch could choose which laws they executed. The opposition was immediate and lawsuits were filed, but the gears of justice grind slowly, so here we are in 2026 with depositions finally starting.

Noone said no, is my guess.

The constitution was written by people who assumed the positions they were creating would always be occupied by good-faith actors. They weren't.

Most pedos are used to being the only adult in the room. They make up whatever rules they want.

I remember when Musk was the cool electric car guy and not the chief accomplice to the dismantling of Western democracy.

And America just sat by and watched.

We truly are a weak nation.

I could be wrong here, but are you sure that's not a projected outcome due to the fallout vs present has happened. I don't doubt it will, just not sure it has.

Elon musk: he's like henry kissinger levels of evil.

Not just freeze them but nationalize them along with all his companies (except for Twatter and Grok, put them out of their misery) and, as @Gammelfisch@lemmy.world said, throw him into prison. But before we do that, we have to "get rid" of Der Orange Führer.

...and toss his neo-Nazi ass into prison.

He's a naturalized US citizen. But citizenship can be stripped, especially if someone has dual citizenship. And Musk still has Canadian citizenship...

He might even get a finger wagged at him!