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Explainer: Why Donald Trump and Elon Musk want USAID out

U.S. President Donald Trump and billioner Elon Musk.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is at the center of a political firestorm after President Donald Trump moved to shut it down and merge it into the State Department, citing the need to cut federal bureaucracy.

Since taking office, Trump has repeatedly criticised the agency, calling it a "bunch of radical lunatics."

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