Trump official who oversaw dismantling of USAID leaves US state department

Under Pete Marocco's lead, nearly all USAID staff was fired, with funding slashed and contractors dismissed

Pete Marocco, the Trump administration official who played a major role in dismantling the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has left the state department, a US official said on Sunday.

Donald Trump's administration has moved to fire nearly all USAID staff, as billionaire Elon Musk's so-called department of government efficiency" has slashed funding and dismissed contractors across the federal bureaucracy in what it calls an attack on wasteful spending.