But the person behind many of the federal government cuts, Elon Musk, head of the so-called "department of government efficiency", called USAID a "criminal organization" and said that it was "time for it to die". 

Adam Russell Taylor, the president of Sojourners, a Christian social justice group, said such remarks remind him of "the prophet Isaiah, who forewarned us that woe to you that call evil, good, and good, evil".

The administration is “making these allegations that aren’t backed up by evidence or proof. And they disparage this whole body of work that has created such goodwill around the world and is so aligned with our Christian values,” Russell Taylor said.