The US government’s primary foreign aid organization is losing the vast majority of its staff, forcing the agency’s lifesaving work to screech to a halt.
Elon Musk ’s Department of Government Efficiency has gutted the United States Agency for International Development , taking a team of over 10,000 down to just under 300, according to an internal email viewed by WIRED and several current
employees tell WIRED, but it is unclear how many. “There are more impoverished people in Asia than anywhere else, and our presence has always helped counter the influence of China,” says one workers received an email noting that all personnel would be put on an administrative leave starting Friday, February 7, with the exception of “designated personnel responsible for mission-critical functions.” The notice was published on the agency’s website shortly thereafter. It also specified that the agency’s workers stationed abroad would be recalled back to the United States.
has been a special target in Musk’s crosshairs, with the centibillionaire calling it a “criminal organization” on X and boasting about “feeding it through a wood chipper.” Got a Tip? Are you a current or former government worker with insight into what's going on? We'd like to hear from you. Using a nonwork phone or computer, contact the reporter securely using a personal device on Signal at Kateknibbs.09. President Donald Trump has been similarly hostile to the agency.
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