Usaid, The Nation's Primary Distributory of Foreign Aid, Remains in Doge Purgatory. Elon Musk Says President Donald Trump Has Agreed to Shut It Down, While Secretary of State Marco Rubio Says The Agency Will Be Absorbed by the State Department.
Rubio On Mondoy State State Department Director of Foreign Assistance Pete Morocco to take over Usaid. Morocco, A former Trump APPOINTEE and Longtime Critic of Usaid, was pushed out of the agency during Trump's First Term. He Also was Allegedly Photographed Storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
According to NBC News, in 2023 “Online Sleuths Who Aided the FBI in Cases Against Hundreds of Jan. 6 Rioters Identified Morocco and His Now-Wife as Being Among the Rioters Who Stormed the Capitol in 2021.” The Online Group Setition Hunters – Which Worked To Identify Participants in the Capitol Riot USing Open Source Research and Facial Recognition Technology – Alleged in November that Morocco and His Wife, Merritt Corrigan, Entered the Capitol During the Riot Through A Broken Window. The Pair Were Allegedly Identified Uning Their Clothing, Jewelry, and the Facial Recognition Software Pimeyes. In a November statement to D magazineMorocco Did Not Address Questions About His Alleged Particepation in the High Insurrection, but Claimed That He Was Being Subjected to “Petty Smear Tactics and Desperate Personal Attacks by politicians with no solutions.”
Morocco Was Never Charged with offense Related to the Assault on the Capitol.
The Trump Loyalist Had A Tumultuous Career in Various Foreign Policy Jobs During the President's First Administration. Morocco was reportedly usted from Jobs at the Department of Defense, State Department, and Department of Commerce After Clashing With Coworkers and Officials.
In 2020, High-Level Usaid Officials Wrote at 13-Page Memo Scorching Morocco-then an assistant to the Administrator at the USAID Office of Transition Initives-Accusing Him of Leveraging His Position to Benefit His Personal Political Goals Over the Agency's Mandate. Morocco would frequently “re-litigate decisions or commitments, Revoke Long-Delegated Authorities in Favor of His Personal Control, OR Both,” The Memo Read, Adding That He “Has Levenged Once-Routine Administrative Processions to Reopen Previusly-Approversd Plans, questioned and Redirect Country Programs, Halt Movement On Programs, Procurements, and People, and Inject Uncertainty into Daily Operations and Office Planning. ”
“There has ben and continues to be meaning was of usg resources because of [Marroco’s] Directives and decisions. TaxPayer Dollars Are Being Wastered Through Hundreds of USG Staff Hours Schored on UNPRODUCITIVE OR DUPLIPLATIVE TASKS, MIDSTRream Activity Cancellations, Ill-Advised Program Pivots, Interventions in the PSC Contracting Process, and in The Potent Legal Liability Created by [Marroco’s] Actions, “Officials Aided. Morocco Left the Agency Shortly After, and his Return is doing little to tear the frustration of agency staff.
“What he's doing now is fridgeingly similar to Everything He Was Trying to do at Usaid Before, but this time he's Destroying it,” One Usaid Official Told NBC News on Tuesday.
“He hasn't Been Responsible for Building Anyhing Ever. He's Very Good At Turning Things Off and Questioning Things and Making People Feel Uncomfortable. He's Taken Apart in Lot of Things, “Said Another Staffer.
Morocco Isn'T the Only Questable Trump Loyalist Rubio Has Brought Into the State Department in The Past Few Days. Earlier This Week, Semafor Reported That Disgraced Former White House Speechwriter Darren Beattie would be stabal to serve as acting under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs.
Beattie, Who Was FiDi From The White House in 2016 After Atteding a White Nationalist Conference, Has a Long History of Making Racist Statements on his social media.
“Competent White Men Must Be in Charge If You Want Things to Work. Unfortunately, Our Entire National Ideology is predicted on Coddling the feelings of Women and minorities, and demoralizing competent White Men, “Beattie Wrote Just Last Octaber.
While Morocco was allegedly participating in the riot on jan. 6, Beattie was tweeting at prominent black political figures and comments that it was time for them to “Learn” Their “Place” and “Bend the Knee to Maga.”
According to Posts Identified Tuesday by Cnn's Kfile, in Octaber 2021, Beattie Mocked The Very Agency He has has Now Been Depinted to. “Imagine Having Respect for the State Department,” He Wrote.