Trump says USAID is run by 'radical lunatics' amid agency's uncertainty
President Donald Trump spoke to reporters on Sunday night and, among a roster of topics, mentioned that he believes his head of the new Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, is doing a "good job."
At the same time, he implied that there were some things that he and Musk did not always agree on.
“I do, I think Elon is doing a good job. He's a big cost-cutter. Sometimes we won't agree with it. It will not go where he wants to go, but I think he's doing a great job. He's a smart guy, very smart, and he's very much into cutting our the budget of our federal government,” Trump said in a conversation that took place during a stopover at Joint Base Andrews.
When asked specifically about the ongoing turmoil at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where DOGE officials were reportedly taking offices as existing personnel were placed on leave, Trump said the organization has been run by “radical lunatics,” and they’re getting them out -- and that’s when he’ll make a decision about the organization.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie