Marco Rubio has been a pleasant surprise of Secretary of State… I wasn’t too happy when Trump picked him and was a bit of a head scratcher… But it turns out Rubio thus far has been one of Trump’s best picks, certainly better than Pam Bondi so far… Today, Rubio announced that 83% of all USAID money laundering programs have officially been cut. I guess the BS story dropped Friday by the New York Times about Rubio and Elon was complete BS.
After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.
The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.
In consultation with Congress, we intend for the remaining 18% of programs we are keeping (approximately 1000) to now be administered more effectively under the State Department.
Thank you to DOGE and our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform.