The Reuters Agency reported that USAID employees were informed that all posts outside of those required by law would be eliminated. According to Reuters, this means the dismissal of almost all another employees of the agency, whose closure was announced by Donald Trump and Elon Musk.
Exemptions in USAID
As Reuters notes, the announcement of the decision took place on the day of the strong earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand. The State Department spokeswoman confirmed this information during Friday's briefing, but stated that it would not affect the U.S.ID's humanitarian aid strategy for disaster-stricken areas. Bruce refused to give the number of redundant employees, however, announcing that any of them would be able to apply for fresh posts in the summertime erstwhile their work was officially completed. It concluded that this was the consequence of a ‘reorganisation’ and ensured that the State Department was full committed to continuing the ‘lifesaving’ aid schemes.
The Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who is now besides acting as head of the USAID, stated in the Communication that the changes were intended to ‘adjust’ the agency's activities for the purposes of US policy and that the agency had ‘gone from its first mission’. Musk, whose DOGE squad made the first cuts and layoffs, he called the agency "crime organization", accusing her — without providing evidence — of embezzlement and fraud.
Rubio had previously decided to cancel 80% of contracts and grants issued by the USAID. Among them was besides a grant for Yale University's Conflict Observatory for documentation and tracking of Ukrainian children's mass exports by Russians. As Tammy Bruce said on Friday, contrary to reports in the media, this program was not reinstated on Thursday but temporarily suspended to let him to complete his work and send evidence to Russian law enforcement.
Nevertheless, Bruce assured that Both Marc Rubio and Donald Trump are very curious in the destiny of Ukrainian children and that the President's individual concern is the best warrant that the US will proceed to be active in the case. However, she could not find precisely what action the American administration was going to take.
