We Need USAID To Compete With China

Last week, thousands of employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) dutifully showed up to work only to be told they could not enter. Then followed my colleagues, members of Congress—all systematically turned away. One by one, each realized just how real billionaire Elon Musk's plan to blow up USAID was—he wants it obliterated, and he allegedly has President Donald Trump's blessing. No matter what Trump or Musk says, shutting down USAID isn't "tough" policy. It's fundamentally weak because it cedes leadership to our foremost adversary—the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).