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How misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk toshred USAID so easily | Jeremiah A Carew

A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa

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Jeremiah A Carew1 Sept 2026, 06:00 amUpdated 1d ago1 min readAmericasUnited States
How misconceptions and woeful PR allowed Musk to shred USAID so easily | Jeremiah A Carew

United States — Jeremiah A Carew

A year on from the purge, with thousands of jobs cut and billions in foreign aid lost, a former leader reflects on the sorry saga – and why it would never happen to Nasa

A year has passed since I and thousands of colleagues lost our jobs at USAID. Asking myself “Why us?” I have come to the conclusion that the American public had very little idea of what we were doing and why.

Doge, the “department of government efficiency” , began its work in January 2025, with USAID as its first target, in a reckless campaign that even Elon Musk has said he would not repeat . At that moment of chaos, Americans lacked the knowledge that could contradict the false narrative presented by Musk , who called the agency a “criminal organisation” and “a viper’s nest of radical left-marxists who hate America”.

A year has passed since I and thousands of colleagues lost our jobs at USAID. Asking myself “Why us?” I have come to the conclusion that the American public had very little idea of what we were doing and why.

This report is published with credit to The Guardian. The wire sent a summary; open the original for any extra context. Read on The Guardian →

Source: The Guardian · Jeremiah A Carew. Published 1 Sept 2026, 06:00 am.

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