The storm of executive orders, administrative appointments and general uncertainty accompanying the second term of the Trump presidency is raging into its third week, now with the U.S. Agency for International Development on the chopping block.
The agency responsible for foreign aid plays a major role in global health efforts, so when the USAID website was inaccessible Saturday and employees received an early-morning email Monday that told them not to come into work, health systems around the world were left wondering what would happen next.
Elon Musk, head of the ad hoc Department of Government Efficiency task force, said Monday morning that President Trump was planning to “shut it down,” in reference to USAID. While Trump has not directly stated he would close the agency altogether, he has called its leaders “radical…