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WP: Trump administration fired hundreds of U.S. Institute of Peace employees

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The Trump administration has fired between 200 and 300 U.S. Institute of Peace employees. This happened after the appointment of Elon Musk's representative as president of the Institute.

WP: Trump administration fired hundreds of U.S. Institute of Peace employees

The administration of US President Donald Trump fired employees of the US Institute of Peace (USIP) after initially removing the organization's leadership. The mass layoffs took place as part of an initiative by billionaire Elon Musk, who heads the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). This was reported by The Washington Post (WP), citing employees who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Details

According to sources in the publication, between 200 and 300 employees were fired, which is most of the Institute's headquarters staff. The mass layoffs occurred less than two weeks after the President of the Institute of Peace was replaced by a representative of the Department of Public Administration Efficiency (DOGE), which is headed by billionaire and Trump ally Elon Musk.

The Trump administration fired employees of the US Institute of Peace late Friday, less than two weeks after forcibly removing the president of the Congressionally funded organization and appointing an agent of billionaire Elon Musk's American DOGE service, which aims to reduce the size of the government. President Donald Trump has given Musk, the world's richest man, broad powers to cut federal spending and fire tens of thousands of civil servants – actions that are now being challenged in at least 10 lawsuits.

- the WP post reads.

It is noted that USIP leaders initially tried to convince DOGE representatives that, as a registered non-profit organization, their staff and programs are not subject to Musk's liquidation campaign.

USIP and members of the fired board have filed a lawsuit against DOGE, Trump, and his administration, claiming that the executive branch had no authority to fire the organization's leadership and staff because it was created by the legislative branch. The lawsuit also concerns the confiscation of the Institute's headquarters building, which is privately owned. Hearings in the case are scheduled for April, and hearings will be held at the end of the month.

The termination emails were riddled with errors – employee names, the month of April, and even the name of the institute were misspelled – a telling sign of the hasty and haphazard nature of the operation, one fired employee said

- the publication writes. 

According to Institute staff, they were offered severance and a month of additional health insurance in exchange for signing a waiver of the right to sue.

According to WP, the US Institute of Peace has approximately 600 employees worldwide.

Reminder

Trump signed an executive order on a massive reduction in civil servants and gave Elon Musk's team authority over personnel appointments. The newly created Department of Government Efficiency has the right to control the structure of federal agencies.

Donald Trump called on Elon Musk to be more aggressive in cutting the federal government. The DOGE department created by Trump and headed by Musk has already fired tens of thousands of civil servants.

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