Government watchdogs say 'Americans should be afraid' of Trump
President Donald Trump has—probably illegally—fired 18 inspectors general, 17 of whom were laid off during the “midnight massacre” on Jan. 24. More recently, U.S. Agency for International Development Inspector General Paul Martin was fired on Feb. 11 after criticizing Elon Musk and his dismantling of USAID.
The Wall Street Journal interviewed Martin, along with former Inspectors General Christi Grimm of Health and Human Resources and Michael Missal of Veterans Affairs, to discuss the dangers of the Trump administration’s actions.
“Americans should be afraid of the amount of fraud, waste, and abuse in government, and that is precisely why Congress sought to install inspectors general,” Grimm said.
Grimm and Missal are two of eight former inspectors general—representing the Departments of Defense, State, Education, Agriculture, Labor, Veterans Affairs, Health and Human Services, and the Small Business Administration—who are suing the Trump administration for “unlawful termination.”
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