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In the sunbaked lunacy of Florida politics, or rather, the political swamp of Washington, D.C., President Trump had decided he'd had just about enough of USAID, the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was set on giving it a good shakeup or maybe just tossing it into the Potomac. But the bureaucrats at USAID, bless their hearts, didn't take kindly to this, acting like they held the keys to the kingdom rather than the elected commander-in-chief.
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On a night when the moon was full and the stars were out to watch the show, Trump decided it was time to serve up some comeuppance to those not playing by his rules.
Two top security officials at the US Agency for International Development were put on administrative leave Saturday night after refusing to allow officials from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to access systems at the agency, even after DOGE personnel threatened to call law enforcement, multiple sources familiar told CNN.
People from Musk's office, with all the subtlety of a bull in a china shop, tried to muscle their way into the USAID headquarters in Washington, DC, but got the door slammed in their faces.
The DOGE personnel demanded to be let in and threatened to call US Marshals to be allowed access, two of the sources said.
Elon Musk, the maverick billionaire, wasn't holding back his thoughts on the matter:
USAID is a criminal organization.
Time for it to die.
— Elon Musk (
@elonmusk) February 2, 2025
RedState’s Ward Clark, with the wisdom of a man who's seen too many Floridian sunsets, penned a piece on why USAID needed a swift kick or a complete overhaul:
Not only is USAID paying for stupidity like sending condoms to the Taliban, along with all manner of money poured out overseas, but their 2025 budget request is asking for $42.8 billion. That's a "B" followed by an "illion." That's a lot of American taxpayers' dollars to let USAID play Santa Claus to the world. In case anyone hasn't noticed, we can't afford it. We're broke. Our national debt situation is untenable, we may well be past the point of no return, and we can't keep paying for things like condoms for terrorists anymore.
Musk had even more to add to his pile of opinions:
USAID was a viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America
— Elon Musk (
@elonmusk) February 2, 2025
Trump, not one to sit idly by while his orders are ignored, was making it abundantly clear that defiance would not be tolerated.
Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.
Three of the sources said the DOGE personnel wanted to gain access to security systems and personnel files. Two of those sources said also they wanted access to classified information.
USAID Director of Security John Voorhees and his deputy found themselves on leave, caught in the high winds of change, with whispers that Trump might just fold USAID into the State Department – a move Democrats were squawking about as illegal.
From the General Services Administration to the DEI pushers in the Pentagon, government employees were learning fast that messing around with this administration would lead to a swift "find out" response. In the land where the alligator meets the concrete, the message was clear: don't mess with the bull, or you'll get the horns.
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