Washington thousands gathered on the Capitol Hill on Wednesday to protest against the bulldocation of US disaster relief and critical medical care for the Trump government in war and poverty regions all over the world.
The future of American humanitarian efforts is unclear after the US Agency for International Developmentists was asked delayed Tuesday to prepare for administrative holidays and to give up the global bodies within a few weeks.
A lot of demonstrators near the US office building in the Senate contained signs in which “Republicans, where are their spines?” Log. And “USAID makes America safe, strong and wealthy.”
They circled democratic legislators and former USAI civil servants who pleaded the crowd “not to give up”, since the Congress “Elon Musk’s illegal takeover of USAid”, which was held by Republicans, granted it to Democratic MP Sara Jacob from California.
“And let us be clear, even though USAD could be the first, it won’t be the last. But wit is on them, because who knows better how to work in an authoritarian country than all of them? “She said to a cheering crowd to which humanitarian workers belonged.
Takeover of Doge
People who identified themselves as part of Musk’s so -called “Department of Government Efficiency” entered the weekend in the headquarters of USAID in Washington, DC, in the computer systems.
Democratic legislators have sworn to “legally fight this in every respect,” said Senator Cory Booker from New Jersey of the crowd.
“We will combat your violation of the public service laws. We will combat your violation against civil rights laws. We will fight your violations of the separation of powers. We will combat their violations of our United States Constitution of America, ”said Booker and issued an objection to the Republicans to take part in sponsoring legislation to save USAID.
“This is not about demonizing a political party. It is about saying the truth about Donald Trump’s actions and Elon Musk’s actions, ”said Booker.
Rep. Madeleine Dean told the crowd: “Don’t get tired.”
“These are not normal times,” said Pennsylvania’s Democrat. “What is going on is corrupt. It is cruel, it is disordered, it is lawless, it is unconstitutional and that is the point. Don’t go home. Please stay with us. Bring more people to us and demand the same of our Republican colleagues. Where are you? When will you withstand this legal administration? “
In response to questions about Musk’s personnel who gains entry into USAID, President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday that the agency “is operated by radical lunatics and that we can get it out and we make a decision”.
Trump has blamed Musk for the “US Doge Service Temporary Organization”, which according to Trump’s own Executive ordershould modernize Federal Technology and software. Mosque face a lawsuit.
All workers on vacation
All USAID employees will be put on vacation on Friday from 11:59 p.m. USAID.Gov. The message is the first element that is displayed on the website since it was shadowy on Saturday.
Employees who are “proven for mission -critical functions, core leadership and specially designated programs will be notified by Thursday at 3:00 p.m. East if they are expected to continue working, according to the memo. Overseas workers have 30 days to leave their contributions unless an exception to a special fact.
“Thank you for your service,” concluded the news.
The Foreign Ministry did not respond to questions from the state of newsroom how many employees will remain and where they will continue humanitarian missions.
Two thirds of the approximately 10,000 USAI employees work abroad. The ten top recipients of USAID lend a hand in 2023, the recent complete data, were Ukraine, Ethiopia, Jordan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nigeria, South Sudan and Syria.
“Do you know who is cheering today?” Bama Athreya, former deputy administrator of USAID, asked the crowd. “Isis cheered. Al -Qaida cheers when we remember thousands of people around the world that give young people and families “options”, she said.
Ukraine lend a hand
congress assigned Around 40 billion US dollars for the USA in 2023. This year, the agency prepared a enormous number of government and humanitarian aid for Ukraine, since the Eastern European nation is exposed to further invasion from Russia.
The agency also has a call for its work with global emergencies in healthcare.
Atul Gawande, a surgeon who headed the Global Health Program of USAID for three years before the second administration of Trump, led the crowd in a “Let -Sie Working”.
“Until two weeks ago there was a Malaria team with World expert and they are gone. Until two weeks ago there was a TB team (tuberculosis) and they are gone, ”said Gawande.
“You called this” shock and awe “. It is shock and destroy. You cannot dismantle an aircraft and fire the crew in the middle of flight, but this is an oligarch with an unchecked power for life -saving abroad,” said Gawande.
The 41-year-old Brian York from Fairfax County, Virginia, stood with a double-sided hand-drawn sign in the crowd with the news “Let us make America gracious again” and “defense USAID”.
“I support my government. I was a scout. My father was a navy. I actually like this country and I want things to do better, ”said York.
List of waste, fraud and abuse “
The White House claims that USAID “has been completely inexplicable for decades and that bureaucrats have been led with agendas who believed that they did not answer anyone.”
In A Post on X Wednesday, the Weißen Haus 28 communication staff listed on what characterized as a problematic USAID projects.
Without giving details, including the financing period, the contribution was expressly stated: “6.3 million dollars for men who have sex with men in South Africa”, “1.3 million US dollars to Arab and Jewish photographers”, “20 million US dollars for a new sesame road show in Iraq,” 1.5 million US dollars for “art for the inclusion of people with disabilities” and “500,000 US dollars to solve sectarian violence in Israel”.
“President Trump stops the waste, fraud and abuse,” concluded the post on X, who owned Musk, a billionaire trump campaign donor.
USAI’s X account disappeared Over the weekend.
Democratic legislature protested Outside the Usid headquarters on Monday as Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, he now terminated the agency administrator.
Senator Brian Schatz von Hawaii, one of the protesting legislators, said that he would block Trump’s impending nominations of the Ministry of State-a step that would ponderous down the nominations in the chamber led by GOP, but will not stop.
Last updated 4:18 p.m., February 5, 2025
