Rubio Says He’s Now In Charge of USAID
February 3, 2025
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as posted by the channelSecretary of State Marco Rubio said he’s now in charge of the US Agency for International Development, after the Trump administration and its allies put senior staff on leave and threatened to shut it down for good.
Speaking to reporters in San Salvador, El Salvador, Rubio called USAID a “completely uncooperative” agency and said it needs to be better aligned with US foreign-policy goals. He said he’s delegated authority over USAID to someone else, without saying who that was.
The move to give Rubio authority over USAID further erodes its independence after several days that saw more than 50 top staffers put on leave and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency gain access to its internal systems. On Sunday, nearly all staff were told not to report to work pending further guidance.
“The attitude that USAID has adopted over the years is, ‘No, we are independent of the national interest,’” Rubio told reporters. “There are things that it does that are good and there are things that it does that we have strong questions about. It’s about the way it operates as an entity.”
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