Bill Gates suggests Elon Musk doesn’t see the ‘good work’ accomplished by USAID

Published February 4, 2025 1:23pm ET



Microsoft founder Bill Gates defended the “good work” done by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Gates’s comments came after Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, shut the USAID headquarters down on Monday. Hundreds of federal workers received word to stay home, stoking fears of what agencies could face shutdowns.

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