Trump Administration FIRES 2,000 USAID Employees, Puts Nearly All Others on Leave

President Trump and Elon Musk’s goal to clear out the cesspool of government corruption and waste that is USAID is moving along nicely…

Another 2,000 USAID workers have just been fired by President Trump’s administration.

This is on top of the thousands that have been let go over the past month.

Along with the mass layoffs, all but a fraction of the rest of USAID’s employees have been put on administrative leave worldwide.

Take a look at what’s happening:

BREAKING: USAID says it’s firing 2000 workers tonight at midnight and putting all but a few remaining staffers around the world on leave.
Trump and Musk have vowed to dismantle the humanitarian aid agencyhttps://t.co/qBTsssY7uR pic.twitter.com/2r9DgjmE5W

— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) February 23, 2025

Here’s a video of USAID employees literally packing their bags (well, boxes) and leaving for good:

The best video you’ll watch today…USAID employees getting fired 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/GJTz7PpPJm

— Liz Churchill (@liz_churchill10) February 23, 2025

Charlie Kirk has some sound advice for those USAID workers who have just been fired:

To the 2,000 USAID employees getting released today, I’m sure there’s lots of other leftwing NGOs you can find gainful employment at.

Oh wait, we’re defunding those too. pic.twitter.com/ZOFAideT5S

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) February 23, 2025

AP reported:

The Trump administration said Sunday that it was placing all but a fraction of staffers at the U.S. Agency for International Development on leave worldwide and eliminating at least 1,600 U.S.-based jobs.

The move was the latest and one of the biggest steps yet toward what President Donald Trump and cost-cutting ally Elon Musk say is their goal of gutting the six-decade-old aid and development agency in a broader campaign to slash the size of the federal government.

The move comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed the administration to move forward with its plan to pull thousands of USAID staffers off the job in the United States and around the world. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols rejected pleas in a lawsuit from employees to keep temporarily blocking the government’s plan.

“As of 11:59 p.m. EST on Sunday, February 23, 2025, all USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and/or specially designated programs, will be placed on administrative leave globally,” according to the notices sent to USAID workers that were viewed by The Associated Press.

At the same time, the agency said in the notices to staffers that it was beginning a reduction in force that would eliminate 2,000 U.S.-based jobs. A version of the notice posted later on USAID’s website put the number of positions to be eliminated lower, at 1,600.

CNN added:

Approximately 2,000 employees at the US Agency for International Development will be laid off Sunday and a majority of the remaining full-time staff will be put on administrative leave overnight, workers were informed in an email.

“All USAID direct hire personnel, with the exception of designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions, core leadership and/or specially designated programs, will be placed on administrative leave globally,” read the email, sent to employees at 2:42 p.m. ET and obtained by CNN. The administrative leave goes into effect at 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, according to the note.

“Concurrently, USAID is beginning to implement a Reduction-in-Force that will affect approximately 2,000 USAID personnel with duty stations in the United States,” the email continued.

Those affected “will receive specific notifications” on Sunday, the email said, and those who are designated as essential would be informed by 5 p.m. ET.