“The State Secretary of the United States Marko Rubio is performing the duties of the head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This became known against the backdrop of the intentions of the Donald Trump administration to eliminate the department.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to CNN
Details: During his visit to El-Salvador, Rubio told reporters that he was the Acting USAID, and accused the agency of “violation of subordination”.
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“It will cease and this will be the region,” he said.
Before that, American billionaire Ilon Musk said he spoke with Donald Trump about USAID, and the President allegedly agreed that “we should close it.”
The headquarters of the agency in Washington, meanwhile, was closed, and his employees received an e-mail asking to stay at home. USAID accounts on social networks were also deleted and the site was stopped.
In addition, representatives of the Government Efficiency Department, which heads Musk, visited the USAID headquarters on weekends and received access to classified premises and data from American citizens.
Usaid staff on anonymity said CNN that the agency’s senior management had been released on charges of attempting to bypass Trump Decree on Foreign Aid freezing for 90 days.
A number of other employees were also sent on unpaid leave.
We will remind, on January 25 the United States suspended all non -military international assistance for 90 days. At that time, USAID representative reported that the employees responsible for the projects in Ukraine were ordered to stop all the work.
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