President Donald Trump froze funding to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and put thousands of employees on leave as part of a government efficiency initiative led by billionaire Elon Musk.

Former USAID deputy leader James Kunder slammed Elon Musk’s “mafia takeover” of USAID on Christiane Amanpour’s CNN show on Thursday. The former Republican appointee said, “What we have now is this insane Elon Musk-led mafia

Elon Musk is saying that USAID — and untold other regions of the American federal government — has constructed a false, "Truman Show"-esque reality around us. Keyword: saying. It means nothing, and Musk — who's knee-deep in digitally-driven power grab within the federal government — has offered no proof of the notion that we're living in an intentionally constructed false reality built by the foreign aid agency he's bragged about taking a "woodchipper" to.

Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was frozen and dozens of its employees were put on leave.

The billionaire said the agency was being shut down hours after President Donald Trump said it was being run by "a bunch of radical lunatics."

Elon Musk shut the USAID headquarters down last week until further notice, prompting the lawsuit from employees whose jobs hang in the balance.