Trump Suspends Dozens of Officials for Blocking His Foreign Aid Freeze

President Donald Trump has suspended dozens of government officials for trying to circumvent his executive order on freezing all foreign aid.

Dozens of career government officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development were placed on leave on Monday. One agency staffer told the Wall Street Journal that 57 people were affected.

‘We have identified several actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the President’s Executive orders and the mandate from the American people,’ said the newly installed acting administrator, Jason Gray, in an email obtained by The Washington Post.

‘As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice.’

Trump, on January 24th, declared the State Department and the U.S. AID ‘shall not provide foreign assistance’ until a high-level review of the programs is completed, except to Israel and Egypt and in severe cases where emergency food assistance is needed.

The 90-day pause is to ensure all programs conform with Trump’s ‘America First’ policy and the administration threatened ‘disciplinary action’ for any staff ignoring the orders.

It was part of a sweeping order from the White House budget office to halt taxpayer money from being doled out for initiatives in education and health care, housing assistance, disaster relief and a host of other areas.

The domestic funding will be put on hold while Trump officials ensure no publicly funded programs are ‘woke,’ and that all are in line with executive orders he signed last week abolishing the government’s DEI agenda.

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