Blow in USAID: The agency's employees were ordered to stay outside her headquarters in Washington. In the main hall of the building American International Development Agency A yellow police tape appeared, and its employees were forbidden to enter. Many Access to computer systems was blocked. The agency's website has disappeared without explanation.
Great purge: Reuters reports that Administration of President Donald Trump plans to keep less than 300 employees in an agency in the United States out of over 10,000 employed worldwide. All this thanks to Elon Muskwhich heads the informal Department of Doge Government Efficiency. According to Reuters, only 294 employees will be able to keep their positions, including 12 W office for Africa and 8 at the Asia office.
“Many people will not survive”: “It's outrageous,” commented J. Brian Atwood, who was the head of USAID for over six years, adding that mass dismissal of staff in practice means killing an agencywhich helped protect tens of millions of people around the world from death – many people will not survive – added Atwood. USAID is one of the most prestigious institutions American government, coordinating help programs around the world. Musk's decisions have already praised former Russian president Dmitry Medvedevwho called her a “clever move”.
“This is not a help agency”: Russia issued USAID in 2012 for “interfering” into its policy. “This is not an agency for help, development and support,” she said A spokeswoman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zacharowa. In her opinion, “USAID” is a machine to interfere with internal affairs, it is a mechanism for changing regimes, political order, state structure. ” “The only thing we derive some satisfaction from is that everything we said turned out to be true,” the Times added by “The Moscow”.
Suspended programs: Reuters emphasizes that “while Trump And Musk, the richest man of the world, make false accusations that USAID employees are criminals “, dozens of them were sent on vacation, hundreds of internal contractors were released, and Life -saving programs around the world are suspended. Musk called USAID the “nest of the violation of radical leftist Marxists who hate America”, while Trump said last week that it was managed by a “group of radical madmen”.
See also: Americans say “no” to Musk. More on this subject in the text “Americans are starting to have enough Elon Musk. Drastic exit”.
Sources: Reuters, “The Moscow Times”IAR