Elon Musk said President Donald Trump agreed the US Agency for International Development needs to be “shut down,” following days of speculation over the future of the agency after its funding was frozen and dozens of its employees were put on leave.

A bicameral group of Democratic lawmakers held court in front of the USAID headquarters Monday afternoon, and several addressed the crowd and assembled media. Speakers took turns describing the bleak prospect of a burgeoning oligarchy controlled by the world’s richest man.