An Indian -origin CEO is going into a dispute over the future of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Arvind Srinivas, CEO of Perplexity AI, has challenged his Tesla counterpart Elon Musk to “stop”, if he can increase a huge amount from the federal agency.
“Consider increasing $ 500B from USAID. Funding safe. Stop me if you can do @elonmusk? “Shri Srinivas posted on X.
Consider increasing $ 500B from Usaid. Funding safe. stop me if You Can @elonmusk
– Arvind Srinivas (@aravsrinivas) February 5, 2025
US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk called the federal agency to close. Not long ago, Musk said that USAID was a “criminal organization” and was eligible to shut down.
Sri Srinivas’s post received some cheerful reactions from fellow-X users, many of which praised the spirit of 13-year-old humor.
Commenting on the post, a person commented, “It’s getting interesting.”
It’s getting interesting
– Abel ✍ web3 copywriter (@Abelionadi) 6 February, 2025
He said, “He said that a man did it like funding! Oh ho, you are in great trouble, Pal. Wait until Alone hears it about it!” The other said.
He said that a man had done like funding! Oh ho, you are in great trouble, sail. Wait until Elon hears it about it!
– Notachatbot (@Futurevibesonly) February 5, 2025
“You are going to cheer. I like your understanding while being a great entrepreneur, ”read a comment.
You are cheerful. I like your understanding while being a great entrepreneur
– David You ⚔ (@Davidyoope) February 5, 2025
Another person commented, “Don’t challenge him, tomorrow’s severity can be banned.”
Do not challenge him, tomorrow’s disturbances can be banned.
– Akshat Tak (@akshattak) February 5, 2025
According to Reuters reports, the Trump administration has planned to keep less than 300 employees in USAID. The administration aims to combine USAID with the state department, which oversees Marco Rubio, which Trump appointed as the acting administrator of the agency.
According to the Congress Research Service (CRS), the agency appointed more than 10,000 persons worldwide, two-thirds of them outside the US.
Usaid website read “, Friday, February 7, on 7 February,” All USAID Direct Higher personnel will be put on administrative leave globally, mission-critical functions, core leadership and exceptions to nominated personnel responsible for specialized programs With, “read USAID website.
On Wednesday, hundreds of people gathered at Washington DC as part of a nationwide demonstration against the Trump administration’s decision to destroy the USAID.
Earlier, the US administration described how the USAID funded the “ridiculous” projects over the years. Taking X, the Trump administration wrote, “For decades, USAID bureaucrats believed that they were not accountable to anyone – but that era is over. President Trump is stopping waste, fraud and misuse. ” Musk also reacted to the documents, “Crazy wastage of your tax money!”
Waste your tax crazy money! https://t.co/9deoj9xemf
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2025
Before Musk called it a “criminal organization”, Trump said that the US agency “run by radical lunatics”. The USAID is “run by a group of fundamentalist lunatics, and we are excluding them … and then we will take a decision (on its future),” said Trump.
The Trump administration has said that the agency is wasting money and will have to form an alliance with its policy priorities.
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