Trump threatens ‘disciplinary action’ for USAid staff ignoring foreign aid freeze

Memo offers further guidance to stop-work' directive and how to achieve Trump's America first policy

Donald Trump urged US Agency for International Development (USAid) workers to join the effort to transform how the federal government allocates aid around the world in line with his America first policy. His administration threatened disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the its orders, issued days into Trump's second presidency.

A sharply-worded memo sent 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 US foreign aid worldwide. The memo, reviewed by Reuters, laid out expectations for the workforce on how to achieve Trump's goals.