'Collateral damage': Federal worker says Trump's 'cruel' cuts endangered pregnant wife
Raw StoryA foreign service worker accused the Trump administration of putting his pregnant wife and unborn child's lives at risk with the president's “rushed, haphazard and cruel” actions to shut down operations at the U.S. Agency for International Development. The worker, who goes by "Terry Doe" in court documents, claimed cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency led to the government twice denying his pregnant wife a life-saving medical transport. USAID "delivers billions of dollars in humanitarian aid overseas, funding that advocates say provides a critical lifeline to more than 100 countries at a small fraction of the overall federal budget," NBC News reported. Because of the stress and strain of the constant onslaught by my employer in recent weeks, my wife has repeatedly been in the hospital with a life-threatening condition and stress-related complications.” NBC News reported, "The worker said the couple was told they must evacuate because the medical complications had placed the mother at high risk for hemorrhaging.
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