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    2 Mins ReadFebruary 12, 2025

    Trump Fires USAID Inspector General After Critical Report

    By Festus AdeloyeFebruary 12, 2025No Comments2 Mins Read
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    US President Donald Trump has fired the independent inspector general for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), US media outlets reported on Wednesday.

    Paul Martinโ€™s dismissal came a day after his office issued a report critical of the Trump administrationโ€™s efforts to dismantle the agency, the Washington Post, CNN and others reported.

    They cited a two-sentence email from the White House sent on Tuesday to Martin telling him his position was โ€œterminated, effective immediately,โ€ but with no explanation of the reasons for the decision.

    His officeโ€™s report had warned that more than $489 million in food assistance was at risk of spoilage or potential diversion after the Trump administration implemented an aid freeze and stop-work order.

    The report said it had long โ€œidentified significant challenges and offered recommendations to improve Agency programming to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse.โ€

    โ€œHowever, recent widespread staffing reductions across the Agencyโ€ฆ coupled with uncertainty about the scope of foreign assistance waivers and permissible communications with implementers, has degraded USAIDโ€™s ability to distribute and safeguard taxpayer-funded humanitarian assistance.โ€

    Trump had already fired 18 inspectors general, who are independent watchdogs of the federal government, but Martin โ€” appointed by Trumpโ€™s predecessor Joe Biden โ€” had remained in place.

    Trump, who began his second term last month, has launched a crusade led by his top donor Elon Musk, the worldโ€™s richest man, to downsize or dismantle swaths of the US government.

    The most concentrated fire has been on USAID, the primary organization for distributing US humanitarian aid around the world with health and emergency programs in around 120 countries.

    USAID manages a budget of $42.8 billion โ€” representing 42 percent of humanitarian aid disbursed worldwide.

    It was seen as a vital source of soft power for the United States in its struggle for influence with rivals including China.

    The Trump administration has frozen foreign aid, ordered thousands of internationally based staff to return to the United States, and begun slashing the USAID headcount of 10,000 employees to around only 300.

    Labor unions are challenging the legality of the onslaught. A federal judge ordered a pause on Friday to the administrationโ€™s plan to put 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave by the weekend.

    Democrats say it would be unconstitutional for Trump to shut down government agencies without the legislatureโ€™s approval.

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