Staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development were instructed to stay out of the agency’s Washington headquarters on Monday, according to a notice distributed to them, after billionaire Elon Musk announced President Donald Trump had agreed with him to shut the agency.

Elon Musk called USAID a criminal organization that should “die.” Proponents say it’s a key arm of U.S. influence that, if destroyed, “cannot be easily rebuilt.”

Billionaire Elon Musk announced that President Donald Trump agreed to shut down the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Following the announcement, USAID staffers were instructed to avoid the agency's Washington headquarters and faced restricted access to their computer systems overnight.