People are definitely going to die even if we turned everything back on today, which isn’t going to happen.” The only reason that USAID was able to issue an exemption for the $78 million earmarked for Gaza is because the American government is obligated under the terms of the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas negotiated in part by Trump envoy Steve Witkoff.

USAID aims to assist countries recovering from disaster and contributes a significant proportion of the world's aid budget. But now, according to Elon Musk, it is being completely shut down.