Even Trump’s chief of staff was ‘aghast’ at Elon Musk’s deadly USAID cuts

Published: 2 days ago (December 16, 2025 at 08:23 PM EST)

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Source: The Verge

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Elon Musk, a billionaire who decimated the United States federal workforce using the Department of Government Efficiency, is not remembered fondly by the most powerful woman in Washington: Susie Wiles, White House Chief of Staff and the gatekeeper to President Donald Trump.
In several on‑the‑record…

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