** Trump-Musk Shutdown of USAID 'Would Have Deadly Consequences for Millions'
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February 3, 2025

The unelected billionaire who was given free rein to tear through the federal government said early Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump agrees with the ongoing push to shutter the United States Agency for International Development, the single-largest contributor of humanitarian assistance worldwide.

Abby Maxman, president and CEO of Oxfam America, warned in a statement that "dismantling USAID would be a callous, destructive political power play that would have deadly consequences for millions of people living in dire humanitarian emergencies and extreme poverty."
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