In a move to essentially end a six-decade mission to support American security by combating starvation, funding education, and working to end epidemics, the Trump administration announced that it is removing nearly all US Agency for International Development (USAID) employees from their jobs and from the field globally.
The latest in a swift dismantling of the aid organisation by returning political appointees from President Donald Trump’s first term and billionaire Elon Musk’s government-efficiency teams, who claim that much of the spending on programs abroad is wasteful, the administration informed USAID employees via emails and a notice posted online.
The directive, which goes into effect shortly before midnight on Friday, gives agency direct recruits abroad 30 days to return home unless they are considered absolutely necessary. Many of these employees have been feverishly packing their homes in anticipation of the announcement. The warning further stated that contractors who were not deemed essential would be terminated.
The action, which had been rumoured for days, was the most drastic of numerous plans to merge the agency into the State Department. Closing smaller USAID outposts and partially closing larger ones had been other possibility.
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