This story was originally published by the WND News Center.
Thousands of former employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was documented by President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency to have been handing out billions of dollars of American taxpayer cash to inappropriate projects like social agenda plays and comic books, soon are being separated from the government payroll.
And one report at Newsmax explains that they were given just 15 minutes at their former work stations to collect personal belongings.
Further, the notice instructing them a time frame for that retrieval expressly told them not to bring weapons, such as firearms, "spear guns" and "hand grenades" to the agency offices.
"The administration's efforts to slash the federal government are facing various lawsuits, but court challenges to temporarily halt the shutdown of USAID have been unsuccessful," the report said.
A federal judge this week ordered the Trump administration to pay billions of dollars in foreign aid, but the Supreme Court blocked that instruction, with Chief Justice John Roberts explaining that order is suspended until the high court can further review.
The case came about when dozens of nonprofit groups that had been taking American taxpayer money through USAID demanded that the funds keep coming.
The report said the window for the retrieval of belongings was open for Thursday and Friday.
The report explained, "USAID placed 4,080 staffers who work across the globe on leave Monday. That was joined by a 'reduction in force' that will affect another 1,600 employees, a State Department spokesman said in an emailed response to questions."
The Congressional Research Service concluded that congressional action would be needed to erase the agency, but majorities in Congress have so far not resisted Trump's plans to cut foreign aid spending by 90%. And the Constitution does give the president authority to manage the executive branch.
A report from Fox News said, dozens of people gathered outside the USAID building in Washington with signs "make America compassionate again."
The White House explained that among the wasteful expenditures made through USAID included $1.5 million for "diversity, equity and inclusion" in Serbia," $70,000 for a DEI musical in Ireland, $2.5 million for electric vehicles in Vietnam. $47,000 for a "transgender opera" in Colombia, $32,000 for a transgender comic book in Peru, $2 million for sex changes in Guatemala, $6 million for tourism in Egypt, and millions to EcoHealth Alliance, which was involved in research at the Wuhan, China, lab from which COVID-19 apparently escaped.
