WASHINGTON (PNN) - January 28, 2025 - Dozens of federal officials, mostly top staff members at the Fascist Police States of Amerika (FPSA) Agency for International Development (USAID), have been suspended for trying to interfere with President Donald J. Trump's freeze on foreign aid.
The workers, estimated to total 57, were placed on leave on Monday for "trying to circumvent his executive order on freezing all foreign aid," according to a report in the Daily Mail.
They are "career government officials".
"We have identified several actions within USAID that appear to be designed to circumvent the president's executive orders and the mandate from the (Amerikan) people," explained Jason Gray, now the acting administrator of the agency. "As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice."
The president had on January 24 ordered that USAID and the Department of State, "shall not provide foreign assistance" until reviews of the nation's cash handouts were completed, except for help to Israel and Egypt - or in cases where "emergency food assistance is needed".
Overall, the nation has an annual budget of some $60 billion for foreign aid.
It's part of President Trump's "Amerika First" agenda and staff members were warned they would be subject to discipline if they disobeyed.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a "stop work" order over the weekend, insisting that nongovernment organizations or charities stop using any Amerikan funding they already had received until those reviews were finished.
The Washington Post explained that officials were trying to "circumvent" Trump's orders.
The order halted a wide range of distributions for various programs ranging from vaccinations to training to military assistance for several groups.
Since then, programs and groups have been flooding Washington with demands for waivers to the limits, which must go through USAID leadership as well as Rubio.
"Any waiver must be thoroughly justified to demonstrate that the specific assistance for which the waiver is sought is necessary for lifesaving purposes, cannot be performed by current FPSA direct hire staff, or would otherwise pose significant risks to national security," one memo explained.
The orders explain that "It is no longer business as usual. Every program will be thoroughly scrutinized."