State Department cables reveal the harrowing consequences of Elon Musk’s USAID demolition

Elon Musk is trying to rewrite the history of his four-month tenure in D.C. He has cast himself as a misunderstood outsider whose dreams of efficiency were stymied by a terminally broken bureaucracy.

The billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X has tried to sweep away the consequences of the dismantling of USAID .

Lesotho has the second -highest HIV prevalence rate on Earth , but it has made significant strides thanks to years of investment in testing, education, and treatment.

The award was terminated anyway on February 26 and has not been reinstated.

A State Department cable from April warned that the administration’s reductions in food aid were worsening conditions in refugee camps in Malawi .

Rations in Malawi ’s largest camp “are set to run out in June ,” a State Department cable reported.

The consequences of reduced food aid went well beyond malnutrition, including violence and child marriage.

The State Department said that “an overwhelming majority of WFP programs’remain active”.