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Employees and contractors working with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) were stunned and angry after the President Donald Trump And the Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) – The government responsibility unit headed by the billionaire Elon Musk, effectively closed the $ 40 billion Monday.
A USAID staff who wanted to keep in anonymity told Fox News Digital that 80% of their offices staff learned that they lost access to AGENCY SYSTEMS Monday morning, including Travels, communications, classified information and databases, causing questions about how to repatriate American citizens in some of the most dangerous places in the world in the event of the need.
Employees also feel that they were “high and dry” and “they have no idea what to do or where to turn” after being “abandoned by Congress and Government,” said the source, who added that they considered that they considered The Agency was “at the helm leader.”
“The richest man in the world is to eliminate -from the poorest people in the world,” the source said of musc.
What is USAID and why is Trump’s Cross Shears?
The United States Agency flag for international development in front of its office in Washington, DC, Monday. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Cneta)
Usaid was set up In the early 1960’s to act in the name of the United States to provide help worldwide, particularly in the impoverished and underdeveloped regions. The Trump administration claims that much of the spending has been wasted, promoting a liberal agenda around the world.
DOGE has specially criticized a $ 1.5 million program It was proposed “to advance the diversity, equity and inclusion in Serbia’s jobs and business communities” and a $ 70,000 program for a “Dei musical” in Ireland.
Democrats counteract that the agency plays a key role in the interests of the National Security of the United States and say that it should be independent. They point out the work Usaid did to counteract Soviet influence during the Cold War, a sphere of influence that could remain a concern in the midst of the belt and the initiative of the China road.
“It’s not a generosity project,” said the USAID source, “this is a national security agency and an effort in its nucleus” that “protects borders and cuts threats” threats outside the US
Trump and Elon Musk attend the release of a Spacex Starship Rocket on November 19, 2024 in Brownsville, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty pictures)
Musk said that he and Trump “agreed” that the agency should “close”. The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who has been appointed acting director of the independent agency, echoed the sentiment on Monday, telling journalists, “Usaid does not work”.
“You need to align with the national interest of the United States that are not a global charity organization, this is the dollars of taxpayers. People ask simple questions. What do they do with money?” Rubio continued. “We are spending the taxpayers’ money. We owe taxpayers saying that it favors our national interest.”
Musk’s Doo has the target of the Federal Agency “Viper’s Nest” with a global footprint
The scope of USAID -supervised work is wide and ran from foreign help through humanitarian efforts such as hunger relief, clean water distribution programs and medical services, including the administration of vaccines against Polioomyelitis, the relief of HIV/AIDS and the prevention work. It also strengthens the initiatives of democracy, human rights and governance.
The source said that the stop order has left HIV medicine and even vaccines for distribution in the foreign regions sitting on the shelves, saying: “Everything has stopped.”
Steve Schmida, who manages the firm of Global Resonance Consulting, who competes for contracts with USAID, told Fox News Digital that the stoppage is affecting contractors in the form of dismissal, Furloughs and a reduction in hours. He also said that the unemployment work order has prevented its employees from paying the work they have already done.
Schmida said DOGE is “controlling payments” by taking the payment system. He accused the agency directed by Musk to “defraud us intentionally.”
“If it does not stop, it will be extended to the rest of the government,” Schmida said, adding that the Trump administration dog could use his paying system as “a weapon against citizens. North -Americans, denying Social Security and Medicare if they leave. “
Schmida said that the foreign assistance community recognizes and shares the desire to reform the system, saying that “it could work much better”, although it urged the Government to work to improve instead of the destruction of an agency that More than seven decades have been built.
Caitlin McFall of Fox News contributed to this report.
