Friday, February 13, 2026

USAID Money Is Paying for Russ Vought’s Security

The White House budget office is using millions of dollars from the former U.S. foreign aid agency to pay for the security detail of Russell Vought, President Donald Trump's budget chief and an architect of the government overhaul that has cut thousands of federal jobs, according to three documents seen by Reuters. The White House Office of Management and Budget, which Vought leads, is allocating $15 million of what remains of USAID operating expenses to cover the costs of his protection by the U.S. Marshals Service through the end of 2026, the documents showed.

Comments

Most corrupt administration in US history.

#1 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-13 01:50 PM

This we can pay for, starving children not so much.

#2 | Posted by Corky at 2026-02-13 02:58 PM

Deputy US Marshals have nothing better to do than protect and drive around this wretch.

Good thing the Trumpf junta wiped out USAID which saved millions of people's lives and made friends for America overseas.

On every USAID package was boldly written "not for sale" and "from the people of America."

On 20 Jan 2029, the next President will have plenty of work to do to fix everything, but there simply won't be enough minutes in a day, staff on hand, or money in the coffers for him or her.

1,461 days of gross malfeasance, theft, poor diplomacy, portraits being taken down, job terminations, awful executive orders, buildings re-named, etc etc by the idiotic Trumpf junta is like a never-ending 9/11.

#3 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-13 03:01 PM

Aid cuts could cause 22m avoidable deaths by 2030

www.theguardian.com

That quite a legacy for pedo 47 and nazi Leon.

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-02-13 03:14 PM

The handful of USAID officers I came across in the Middle East and Africa were not snobby embassy poobah types, but basically decent Americans who wanted to help the disadvantaged people of the Third World the way JFK envisioned.

I was more proud of their work than mine.

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-13 03:37 PM

Of course, these s*&^ bags are spending big money to give themselves security.

They know they probably wouldn't survive half a day walking around in public without it.

#6 | Posted by jpw at 2026-02-13 04:20 PM

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