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What is USAID, which Elon Musk called a criminal organization; Trump also ordered its closure

  
  
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  US President Donald Trump has ordered the closure of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The Trump administration has accused the agency of misusing American taxpayer money. A few days ago, Trump had directed billionaire Elon Musk to review almost all US foreign aid. Along with this, thousands of USAID employees were also ordered to be laid off. The Trump administration ordered the closure of its programs around the world. Elon Musk has described the agency as a criminal organization. Funding India's enemies The Trump administration has claimed that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has funded terrorist organizations like Al-Qaeda in the last few years. In the year 2019, $110,000 was given to terrorist Hafiz Saeed's terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET). According to the US State Department, the Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) is also funded by USAID. The Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation is a Pakistan-based organization linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The organization is a front for Hafiz Saeed's Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET). The terrorist organization has been carrying out anti-India activities. USAID helps LGBT community The agency has provided funds to help LGBT people in several Latin American countries, including Guatemala and Armenia. Not only this, it has also provided funds for small things like addressing the challenges of 'binary gender language' to journalists in Sri Lanka. On this matter, the Trump administration wrote on X, "For decades, USAID bureaucrats believed they were accountable to no one, but that era is over. President Trump is stopping waste, fraud, and misuse of funds."
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