The American Foreign Service Association, which represents foreign service officers, and the American Federation of Government Employees, a union for civil servants, sued the Trump administration late Thursday, arguing that the president could not unilaterally close down the agency.

Andrew Natsios, a Republican who served under George W. Bush, knocked the pair for pushing "a lot of garbage" in their efforts to gut the agency.

Sarasota, announced he will file legislation to abolish USAID, as Trump allies in government and the media attack the agency.