Posted on 02/02/2025 11:31:05 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The Trump administration has removed two top security officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development after they refused to let representatives of Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency” access restricted spaces at the agency, said current and former USAID officials.
The placement of the security officials — John Voorhees and his deputy — on administrative leave is the latest effort by the Trump administration and Musk to wrest control of the world’s largest provider of food assistance, which they have denigrated, without offering evidence, as left-wing and corrupt amid objections from Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
Amid the turmoil at the agency, Matt Hopson, the USAID chief of staff and a political appointee, resigned, according to a current and former USAID official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive situation. Hopson did not respond to requests for comment.
On Sunday, Musk repeatedly attacked USAID on X, calling the long-standing government agency “evil” and a “viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America.”
“USAID is a criminal organization,” he added. “Time for it to die.”
By Sunday afternoon, USAID’s X account had been taken down, with a message saying the account “doesn’t exist.”
President Donald Trump named Musk, the world’s richest man, as the head of DOGE, a new government office that was initially promised to comb through the whole federal bureaucracy searching for deep cuts. In the days since Trump took office, Musk has sought to exert sweeping control over the inner workings of the U.S. government, installing longtime surrogates at several agencies, including the Office of Personnel Management, which essentially handles federal human resources, and the General Services Administration, which manages real estate.
DOGE is now housed in a White House office formerly known as the U.S. Digital Service but now...
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Independent from what?
It’s an extension of the CIA. It’s worse than an open secret.
I like your idea but I want to have the Starbucks franchise in Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Shemya, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. If your excellent plan is followed, Shemya is going to be a very busy place.
You can use the wayback machine to open a snapshot of the site with still active links. https://webcf.waybackmachine.org/web/20250125025212/https://www.usaid.gov/
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