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It seems like maybe Musk should have had a better plan.  He was dealing with people's lives and livelihoods, so a little humanitarianism should have been exhibited.

"We were able to flee with only four backpacks—leaving behind our dog and every household possession we own," Doe wrote.

USAID worker Nathan Doe said in a declaration: "I am wondering if I will ever get any of more household effects back—things like baby books and my children's toys as a result of the continued threat in Kinshasa—and at the same time, wondering if I have a job."

One official who was stationed in the DRC told CNN that employees who left most of their belongings in Kinshasa don’t know if their homes there will be looted or burned down.

Everyone thought “we can make this work until things calm down and we’ll go back, but that’s not an option anymore,” the official said. “It’s just the anxiety of we’ll lose our jobs and what we do won’t exist anymore.”

“The most important thing is that people understand we’re not criminals,” the official said, appearing to refer to Elon Musk’s characterization of the agency as “a criminal organization.”


“This is an absolute scandal,” Beyer wrote in a post on X. “Trump and Marco Rubio abandoned American workers and their families abroad without approving grant waivers to provide their safe return to the United States.”


Elon Musk said on X (formerly Twitter): "We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper."