2/24/2025–|Last update: 2/24/202512:42 AM (Mecca time)
The administration of US President Donald Trump said that it had canceled two thousand jobs at the American Agency for International Development, while the Pentagon and the Federal Investigation Office (FBI) requested their teams not to respond to an email sent by Elon Musk asking the federal employees to justify their activities.
Immediately before midnight the United States East time, all US Agency for International Development, who are directly appointed – will be placed – with the exception of the basic workers for vital jobs – on leave.
Trump signed a decree last January – the day when he returned to the White House – he orders to freeze US foreign aid for a period of 90 days until a full review is made.
Trump wrote in the big letters in a post on his “Truth Social” platform that “corruption has rarely seen before, closed!”
The American Agency for International Development is running health and emergency programs in about 120 countries, including the poorest regions of the world, and is seen as a vital component of the soft power of the United States in its struggle for influence with its competitors, including China.
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Mask message
In a related context, the Ministry of Defense and other US government agencies – including the FBI – requested that its teams not to respond to an electronic message calling on federal employees to justify their activities, after an order similar to the final warning by Elon Musk, Donald Trump’s advisor.
Misk’s move came hours after the American President urged his ally – who is the wealthy of the world and the largest donor to Trump’s election campaign, and is currently leading efforts to dismiss dozens of government employees – to act with a “greater audacity” to reduce government spending.
Mask wrote the day before yesterday, Saturday, that “all federal employees will soon receive an email asking them to explain what they did last week.” He continued, “The response will be considered a resignation.”
The message and its topic came, “What did you do last week?” From the “American Office for the Management of cadres”, with a final deadline to respond until 11:59 pm on Monday, although the message did not indicate that the lack of response would lead to dismissal.
“The Ministry of Defense is responsible for evaluating the performance of its employees, and any review will take place according to its own procedures,” said Darren Celnik, a Pentagon official, in a statement published on Sunday on the X X -owned platform.
Celnik called “Currently” to “suspend any response” to the electronic message that the cadres management office sent on Saturday entitled “What did you do last week?”
According to the New York Times, the FBI and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Intelligence have advised their employees not to respond.
“The FBI through the director’s office is responsible for all evaluation procedures,” said Cash Patel, the new director of the federal police appointed by Trump.
According to a copy of the letter, seen by the French News Agency, the federal employees will be asked to provide “about 5 points, showing what they accomplished last week.”
Union challenge
For its part, the largest federal employees union, the “American Union of Government Employees”, pledged in a statement issued by its president, Evere Kelly – who criticized the Trump and administration – to challenge any illegal dismissals, saying that the move indicates “absolute contempt for federal employees and basic services they provide to the American people “.
He added, “It is a harsh thing and reduces the respect of hundreds of thousands of previous soldiers who wear their second uniforms for the civil service to be forced to justify their job missions for this separate billionaire from the world, which has features and has never spent one hour of sincere civil service in his life.”
A number of federal employees stated that they had received advice from their agencies not to respond to the message, pending more instructions, a recommendation confirmed by the National Treasury employees.
Trump has appointed a technology pole responsible for the consultative “government efficiency management”, entrusted with the task of reducing public spending and dealing with suspicions of waste and corruption.
In the last series of procedures to reduce expenditures, the Ministry of Defense announced last Friday that it would reduce its workforce by at least 5%.
On Sunday, Elon Musk – who was given by Argentine President Javier Millie last week a symbol of his program to reduce public spending – gave his actions.
“There are a large number of people who are supposed to work for the government that do not do much, to the point that they do not inspect their e -mail boxes,” although the email was sent during the weekend.
“In some cases, we believe that there are people who are not present or the identities of deceased people are used to receive salaries, in other words, this is a fraud,” he added.
