Marco Rubio strongly pushes back on USAID cuts' impact across world

Ahead of President Trump's speech to the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended Trump's handling of the ongoing conflicts across the world -- including Russia's invasion into Ukraine and the conflict between Israel and Gaza.

On USAID cuts, when pressed if the administration's decision to severely cut foreign aid and dismantle the agency responsible for administering humanitarian aid and assistance to foreign countries has led to deaths around the world, Rubio pushed back and said the blame should fall on other countries who don't put up enough foreign aid.

"That's ridiculous. They died because England didn't give enough money, or Canada didn't give more or China didn't. Let's blame the other countries that don't do any foreign aid. How about China? It's the second largest economy in the world and they don't give money?" Rubio said.

"I think anybody who tells you that somehow the United States, if we cut a dollar somehow we are responsible for some horrific thing going on in the world, is just not true," he said.

"No one has died because the United States has cut aid, no," Rubio declared. "We are going to continue to do it, but we will do it the right way and in a responsible way. We aren't going to continue to pour billions of dollars out the door of American taxpayer funds for programs that don't work. And in some cases, flat-out corrupt."

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