Posted on 01/28/2025 11:14:25 AM PST by Morgana
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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When does someone actually get fired for insubordination?
If you’re not doing the job, you don’t deserve to keep the job. That simple.
Actually, they were not fired. The 57 were removed from the ability to act by placing them on administrative leave. For the duration, they can do no harm
These bass turds screwed up telling their scumbag “media” that they were going to do everything they can to obstruct President Trump. That’s insurrection. When we get a new FBI, we can send them after the RATS.
“The 57 were removed from the ability to act by placing them on administrative leave.”
Could Trump reassign them as ICE agents or Boarder guards?
Good! About time that public servants realize that they SERVE the public, the same public that elected the POTUS to set policy directly.
Send them to water board training in GITMO.
and take any they gave away out of their pay ,LOL
Why would he send backstabbing traitors to work the border? They would just open the gates and welcome the criminals. Maybe give them food, phones and gift cards to Walmart.
'As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice.'
It should say: placed on administrative leave pending investigation. If found guilty of charges they will be terminated.
“administrative leave with full pay and benefits”
Not sound like firing, vacation for treason?
At least they can’t do much harm while suspended. I assume that while they are suspended, their jobs will be eliminated through measures such as doge.
Sounds like blackmail with benefits to me. “Pay us to not screw up and let us stay at home on vacation to do it.”
It is an immediate reaction to a crisis situation.
They needed to be stopped immediately.
Less urgent but of course important is how to deal with them down the road.
I recommend details to Antarctica if firing is not practical.
The administration just needs time to deal with them long term.
Folks often confuse the urgent with the important.
The urgent you do immediately—whatever is quickest.
The important you can take your time with and get all the bureaucratic details correct—before firing them if you can or detailing them to somewhere awful if you can’t.
He’s the boss. They are unaccustomed to having someone in charge. They never learned when Boss says jump they should respond how high.
But on Free Republic, one must instantly jump to incorrect conclusions that are void of reason
AND WHY on paid leave with benefits????
Do what you’re told, or you GET NOTHING but fired!!!
PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!
put them on point for the raids
watch them quit day one
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