As President Donald Trump advances his America First agenda, a shadowy group of former bureaucrats is mobilizing to derail his efforts. Their actions, rooted in tactics used abroad, signal a troubling escalation in the fight against the administration. What they’re planning could shake the foundations of governance.

Summary

• Fired USAID, State Department officials hatch sinister plans to undermine Trump.
• Group hosts workshops on “noncooperation” to resist administration.
• DemocracyAID, led by ex-USAID diplomats, organizes opposition.
• Republicans warn of dangerous, anti-democratic tactics.

Ex-Officials Turn on Trump 

Fired officials from the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department are reportedly collaborating to combat Trump’s leadership, citing concerns over the “future of democracy.” According to NOTUS, these ex-employees are leveraging their expertise in destabilizing regimes to target the administration. 

“Take it from those of us who worked in authoritarian countries: We’ve become one,” a current federal official told NOTUS, equating Trump’s policies with authoritarianism. “They were so quick to disband AID, the group that supposedly instigates color revolutions. But they’ve done a very foolish thing. You just released a bunch of well-trained individuals into your population. If you kept our offices going and had us play solitaire in the office, it might have been safer to keep your regime.”

Workshops for Resistance 

The group, including members of DemocracyAID, is organizing workshops to promote “noncooperation” with Trump’s agenda. These sessions aim to build a community ready for minor rebellious acts, potentially escalating to a national strike. 

Danielle Reiff, a former USAID diplomat and DemocracyAID founder, explained, “Some of the trainings are simply, ‘letter writing: how to write op-eds to a local newspaper for a local story.’” 

Ro Tucci, co-leader of DemocracyAID, added, “The whole point of it is to start off slow. People are just taking coffee breaks together. And that’s what we’re encouraging them to do.”

USAID’s Controversial Closure 

The resistance stems from Trump’s decision to close USAID on July 1, merging its functions into the State Department under Secretary Marco Rubio. The move, executed with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), aimed to curb wasteful spending. 

“President Trump is keeping his promises to the American people,” former USAID official Pete Marocco told the Daily Caller, praising the administration’s focus on accountability. However, ex-USAID staffers, locked out of their offices and given 15 minutes to retrieve belongings in February, are now fighting back.

GOP Condemns Rogue Tactics 

Republicans are sounding the alarm and condemning the deep state’s  over these subversive efforts. 

“This is the deep state at its worst—unelected bureaucrats trying to undermine a duly elected president,” former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) told Fox News. 

With Trump’s agenda gaining traction, these actions highlight a desperate attempt to cling to power. As the administration pushes forward, the nation watches to see if these rogue actors can be reined in.