Trump
Administration Memo Tells USAID to Put "America First" in Reviewing
Foreign Aid (Connecting the Dots: The U.S. Agency
for International Development (USAID), National Security Council (NSC), Obama, The
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax.com
Sunday,
26 January 2025 02:25 PM EST
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump/2025/01/26/id/1196588/
The
Trump administration urged U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID) workers
to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world
in line with Trump’s “America First” policy. It threatened "disciplinary
action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders.
A
sharply-worded memo sent on Saturday to more than 10,000 staff at USAID offered
further guidance to Friday’s “stop-work” directive that effectively put a
sweeping freeze on U.S. foreign aid worldwide. The memo, reviewed by Reuters,
laid out expectations for the workforce on how to achieve Trump’s goals.
"We
have a responsibility to support the President in achieving his vision,"
Ken Jackson, assistant to the administrator for management and resources wrote
in the internal memo, titled “Message and Expectation to the Workforce.”
"The
President has given us a tremendous opportunity to transform the way we
approach foreign assistance for decades to come," the memo said. Reuters
confirmed the authenticity of the memo with several sources. Since taking
office last week, Trump has taken steps toward fulfilling his vow to remake a
federal bureaucracy he believes was hostile to him during his 2017-2021
presidency. He has reassigned or fired hundreds of federal workers in
simultaneous moves against a swath of agencies. Hours after taking office,
Trump ordered a 90-day pause in foreign aid to review if it was aligned with
his foreign policy priorities. On Friday, the State Department issued a
stop-work order worldwide even for existing and appropriated assistance,
calling into question billions of dollars of life-saving aid.
The
United States is the largest single donor of aid globally. In fiscal year 2023,
it disbursed $72 billion in assistance.
USAID
and the White House National Security Council (NSC) did not
immediately respond to a request for comment on this story.
Friday’s
memo shocked the humanitarian groups and communities conducting development aid
across the globe. While the scope of the directive appears far-reaching,
uncertainties linger over how it will be carried out.
The
memo on Saturday offered only partial clarity.
The
pause on foreign aid spending means “a complete halt,” it said. The only
exceptions are for emergency humanitarian food assistance and for government
officials returning to their duty stations. Waivers allowing delivery of
emergency food during the review period will require “detailed information and
justification.”
The
memo said further waivers would require two layers of approval – one from USAID
leadership and another by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
"Any
waiver must be thoroughly justified to demonstrate that the specific assistance
for which the waiver is sought is necessary for lifesaving purposes, cannot be
performed by current U.S. direct hire staff, or would otherwise pose
significant risks to national security," the memo said.
All
foreign assistance programs will undergo “comprehensive review” during the
pause in spending, the memo says. “It is important to emphasize that it is no
longer business as usual. Every program will be thoroughly scrutinized.”
Saturday’s
directive also banned any communications outside the agency, including between USAID
and
the State Department, unless they are approved by the former’s
front office.
"Failure
to abide by this directive, or any of the directives sent out earlier this week
and in the coming weeks, will result in disciplinary action," it said.
Separately,
USAID sent contractors a notice ordering them to “immediately issue stop-work
orders” and to “amend, or suspend existing awards.”
Humanitarian
organizations and other donors are scrambling to understand how the directive
will impact life-saving operations in countries across the globe. It is too
soon to tell whether or what specific services will have to be paused, they
said.
In
2024, the U.S. provided 42% of all humanitarian aid tracked by the United
Nations.
Connecting
the Dots:
Nancy
E. Soderberg was a staff director for the National Security
Council (NSC) and a VP for the International Crisis Group.
Robert
Malley is a director for democracy, human rights & humanitarian
affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) and a Middle
East & North Africa program director at the International Crisis
Group.
George Soros is a board
member for the International Crisis Group and was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
Rajiv Shah is
the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development,
was the undersecretary for research, education & economics at the U.S.
Department of Agriculture for the Barack Obama administration,
and the director of agricultural development for the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation.
Ann M. Fudge is
the U.S. program advisory panel chair for the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, and a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Jeffrey
Bader is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think
tank) was the deputy assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of
State and a senior director for East Asian affairs for the National
Security Council (NSC).
Daniel
Benjamin was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), the coordinator for counterterrorism for the U.S.
Department of State and a director for transnational threats at the National
Security Council (NSC).
Philip
H. Gordon was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), an assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of
State, a senior fellow at the National Security Council (NSC)
and is a special assistant to the president for the Barack Obama
administration.
Ivo H.
Daalder was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a director for European Affairs at the National
Security Council (NSC).
Martin S.
Indyk was a VP & director of the Foreign Policy Program for
the Brookings Institution (think tank), an assistant secretary for
the U.S. Department of State and a senior director for Near East
and South Asia for the National Security Council (NSC).
Kenneth
M. Pollack was a senior fellow, Middle East policy for the Brookings
Institution (think tank) and a director for Persian Gulf affairs for
the National Security Council (NSC).
Carlos
Pascual was a VP at the Brookings Institution (think tank),
a senior director at the National Security Council (NSC) and is a
special envoy, international energy affairs, an assistant secretary nominee for
the U.S. Department of State.
Susan E.
Rice was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think
tank), a special assistant to the president at the National
Security Council (NSC), the assistant secretary for the U.S.
Department of State and is the White House national security adviser for
the Barack Obama administration.
Albert A.
Gore Jr. was a member of the National Security Council (NSC)
and is the chairman for the Climate Reality
Project.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Climate Reality Project and the Aspen Institute (think
tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), the secretary for the U.S. Department of State and a
member of the Bohemian Club.
Belizean_Grove is the
equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean Grove, a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank), was the director of U.S.
foreign assistance for the U.S. Department of State and an
administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was the Aspen Institute (think
tank), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
and the Center for American Progress.
John J. Gilligan was the Center
for American Progress and an administrator for the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID).
Gayle E. Smith was
the chief of staff for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID),
a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and is a
co-founder for the Enough Project.
Enough Project is
an affiliated project with the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was a supporter
for the Center for American Progress and the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for
American Progress
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Condoleezza Rice is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and was the senior
director for Soviet affairs for the National Security Council (NSC).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank)
and a member of the National Security Council (NSC).
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank),
a member of the Belizean Grove, was the director of U.S. foreign
assistance for the U.S. Department of State and an administrator
for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henry
A. Kissinger was a member of the Bohemian Club, a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), the secretary for
the U.S. Department of State, the founder of Kissinger
Associates, Inc. and an overseer at the International Rescue
Committee.
Condoleezza Rice is
a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), an overseer at
the International Rescue Committee and was the senior director for
Soviet affairs for the National Security Council (NSC).
Timothy F.
Geithner was a researcher for Kissinger Associates, Inc.,
an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and the treasury
secretary for the Barack Obama administration.
Judith A. Miscik is
the president & vice chairman for Kissinger Associates, Inc.,
was a director at the International Rescue Committee and a member
of the National Security Council (NSC).
Madeleine K.
Albright was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee
and a member of the National Security Council (NSC).
Samantha Power was
a director at the International Rescue Committee, a senior director
for multilateral affairs for the National Security Council (NSC)
and is the United Nations U.S. ambassador for the Barack
Obama administration.
Alan R. Batkin was
the vice chairman for Kissinger Associates, Inc., is an overseer at
the International Rescue Committee and a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the International
Rescue Committee, the Brookings Institution (think tank) and U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the International Rescue Committee, the Brookings
Institution (think tank).
George Soros was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Ivo H.
Daalder was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution
(think tank) and a director for European Affairs at the National
Security Council (NSC).
Damon Wilson was
a senior director for European affairs for the National Security
Council (NSC) and the EVP for the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank).
Open Society Foundations was a funder for
the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).
George Soros was the founder
& chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the
chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Henry
A. Kissinger was a director at the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank), a lifetime trustee at the Aspen
Institute (think tank), a member of the Bohemian Club and the
national security adviser & secretary of state, secretary of state for
the Gerald R. Ford administration.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID).
Belizean_Grove is
the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean Grove, a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank), was the director of U.S.
foreign assistance for the U.S. Department of State and an
administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Mara E. Rudman is
the deputy national security adviser for the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID) and was the deputy national
security adviser for the National Security Council (NSC).
Nancy
E. Soderberg was a staff director for the National Security
Council (NSC) and a VP for the International Crisis Group.
Robert
Malley is a director for democracy, human rights & humanitarian
affairs at the National Security Council (NSC) and a Middle
East & North Africa program director at the International Crisis
Group.
George Soros is a board member
for the International Crisis Group and married in 2013.
Jim Yong Kim was
a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding and a director,
HIV-AIDS department for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nils Daulair was
a U.S. representative for the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the deputy assistant administrator for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
Rajiv Shah is
the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID), the agriculture undersecretary for the Barack
Obama administration and the director of agricultural development for
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), the Bloomberg Family
Foundation, and the World Health Organization WHO).
Bloomberg
Family Foundation was a funder for the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the CDC Foundation.
CDC Foundation is
a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Michael R.
Bloomberg is the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation,
was a donor for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a
benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone and a donor at the Robin
Hood Foundation.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Harlem Children's Zone and the Robin Hood Foundation.
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society and married in 2013.
Jim Yong Kim was
a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding and a director,
HIV-AIDS department for the World Health Organization (WHO).
Nils Daulair was
a U.S. representative for the World Health
Organization (WHO) and the deputy assistant administrator for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Committee for Economic Development.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for
the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Donna S. Morea was
a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development and the EVP for
the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was
the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov
web site.
Obamacare is Barack
Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barack Obama’s signature
policy initiative is Obamacare and the president for the Barack Obama
administration.
Rajiv Shah was
the agriculture undersecretary for the Barack Obama administration,
the director of agricultural development for the Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation and is the administrator for the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID).
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Health
Organization WHO).
Resources:
Past Research
Smaller
Bites - U.S. Agency for International Development (Connecting the Dots: The
U.S. Agency for International Development & The Atlantic Council Funded By
Soros) (Past Research on
the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID))
Sunday,
October 23, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/smaller-bites-us-agency-for.html
CDC
Director: Ebola Crisis Unprecedented (Past Research
on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID))
Thursday,
August 7, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/cdc-director-ebola-crisis-unprecedented.html
US
Quietly Releasing $1.6B in Pakistan Assistance (Past
Research on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID))
Sunday,
October 20, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/10/us-quietly-releasing-16b-in-pakistan.html
Kissinger’s
1974 Plan for Food Control Genocide (Past Research
on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) & the National
Security Council (NSC))
Sunday,
November 24, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/kissingers-1974-plan-for-food-control.html
Kerry
to warn of climate threats to national security in speech (Past Research on the National Security Council (NSC))
Wednesday,
May 14, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/05/kerry-to-warn-of-climate-threats-to.html
Bill
Gates: Spoke With Trump, 'Amazing Things' for Global Health (Connecting the
Dot: Bill Gates, The Gates Foundation, Mark Zuckerberg, global health,
Obamacare, FDA, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, The Wall Street Journal, 60
Minutes, The Breakthrough Energy Coalition, Facebook & Soros Funding, All
Networking) (Past Research on the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation)
Sunday,
January 19, 2025
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2025/01/bill-gates-spoke-with-trump-amazing.html
CDC
Director: Ebola Crisis Unprecedented (Past Research
on the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) & the World Health
Organization)
Thursday,
August 7, 2014
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2014/08/cdc-director-ebola-crisis-unprecedented.html
Obama
Administration Preserves Essential Funding for Women’s Health Programs (Past Research on the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID))
Thursday,
April 17, 2014
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