Slovak leader Fico congratulates Musk for gutting US aid agency

11/2/2025 5:57

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico congratulated U.S. President Donald Trump's government efficiency adviser, Elon Musk, for aiming to dismantle the main U.S. aid agency, saying its funds were used to "deform the political system" in Slovakia.



The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been a top target of a government reduction overhaul spearheaded by billionaire and Trump ally Musk since the Republican president took office on January 20.



Fico, the leader of the leftist-nationalist government in Slovakia, has long waged a war of words against the pro-Western liberal opposition, non-governmental organisations and media in his country, accusing them of conspiring against Slovakia.



"It is indisputable that financial means originating in USAID were used in Slovakia also for political aims with the aim of deforming the political system and giving advantage to selected political parties," Fico said in a letter to Musk posted on Facebook.



He did not give any evidence for this.