Two former senior USAID officials estimated that a majority of around 4,600 USAID personnel, career US Civil Service and Foreign Service staffers, would be placed on administrative leave.
It comes a day after Tesla tycoon and DOGE leader Elon Musk sent a stern warning to all federal employees saying they must reveal exactly what they "got done last week" or resign.
It comes after a federal judge on Friday allowed for the Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID workers from their role and onto leave in yet another spending crackdown.
Now Trump's administration said it was placing all but a mere handful of USAID workers worldwide on paid administrative leave and eliminating around 2,000 of those positions in the US.
Musk has been working hard to please his new presidential buddy but Trump said on his Truth Social platform that he would like to see Musk "get more aggressive".
