[Glyptodon]

Without a law that says USAID can be shut down or reorganized (or not funded) it seems that this is pretty much by definition entirely illegal regardless of one's opinions about USAID.

[taylodl]

Pretty much everything they've been doing is illegal. The million-dollar question is whether they'll be held to account. Trump has a pretty good track record of facing little to no consequences for his crimes. The pessimist in me says this time will be no different. We'll see.

[CamperBob2]

Question to ponder: if Trump and Musk were hostile foreign agents, how would they behave differently?

[taylodl]

Be less obvious that they're out to destroy America. A hostile foreign agent would be too concerned with having their cover blown if they were that obvious.

[tartoran]

That's only under the assumption they were competent.

[cheaprentalyeti]

They'd give money to Ecohealth Alliance and the Wuhan Institute of Virology to find new and exciting viruses for the CCP's bioweapon program.

Which USAID has already done.

[CamperBob2]

Even if that were true -- which until proven, it's not -- Trump and his henchmen do not have the authority to change it.