According to the Reuters agency, USAID employees (United States Agency for International Development) They were informed that all full -time jobs would be eliminated except those required by law. According to Reuters Donald Trump i Elon Musk.
As Reuters notes, The decision was announced on the day of a strong earthquake in Majanm and Thailand. A spokeswoman for the State Department confirmed this information during the Friday briefing, but stated that they would not affect the USAID humanitarian aid system for areas affected by Dart.
Bruce refused to provide the number of employees dismissedannouncing, however, that some of them will be able to apply for new positions in the summer, when their work will end formally. She said it was “reorganization” effect And she assured that the State Department was fully involved in the continuation of “life -saving” assistance programs.
Marco Rubio: The agency has left its original mission
Secretary of State Marco Rubio – who is currently also the head of USAID – he said in a statement that the changes are aimed at “adapting” the agency's activities for the purposes of US policy and ze agency “She left her original mission”. Musk, whose Doge team made the first cuts and dismissals, called “Criminal Organization” Agencyaccusing her – without giving evidence – of embezzlement and fraud.
Earlier, Rubio decided about cancellation of 80 percent Contracts and grants issued by USAID. Among them was also a subsidy for the Conflict Observatory Center of the Yale University for documentation and tracking of mass exports of Ukrainian children by the Russians.
As Tammy Bruce said on Friday, contrary to reports in the media, this program was not restored on Thursday, but temporarily suspended to enable him to complete the work and send the evidence gathered for Russian war crimes to law enforcement agencies.
Still, Bruce assured that Both Marc Rubio and Donald Trump very care about the fate of Ukrainian children and that the President's personal care is the best guarantee, that the US will still be involved in the case. However, she could not determine what specific actions the American administration intended to take.