I got a heads-up from somebody I know at the State Department that this happened yesterday, and now the cat is out of the bag.
The top brass at the U.S. Agency for International Development was kicked out the door and suspended for defying Trump’s Executive Orders, which, for federal employees, have the force of law.
“The Trump administration placed several dozen senior officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development on administrative leave in response to what an official characterized as resistance to President Trump’s policy.”https://t.co/CGOJEyMPss
— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) January 28, 2025
To be clear, E.O.s are not the law in the sense that you and I think of them; they are statements of policy that have the force of law for employees of the federal government and can be changed at the will of the president. For the purpose of…
