BREAKING: Secretary of State Marco Rubio Announces He Has Taken Over As ‘Acting Director’ of USAID

After all the drama with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and DOGE exposing it for the globalist slush fund that it is, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he is now the “Acting Director” of the agency.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says that he is now the Acting Director of USAID! pic.twitter.com/78c6mR5njJ

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On a diplomatic trip to El Salvador, Rubio answered media questions about what he planned to do with USAID. As Fox News reported, Rubio responded:

REPORTER: A lot of the money USAID spends it gets criticized as being charitable, I think you used that word, or welfare for poor countries, but defenders of USAID and even some members of Congress say it’s in America’s national interest, that it promotes stability, or buys America goodwill overseas. What’s your reaction to that? Do you think USAID does a lot of that work or do you have issue with some of the specific spending?

RUBIO: Well, my issue as I said is: Yeah, there are things that we do through USAID that we should continue to do and will continue do. But everything they do has to be in alignment with the national interest and the foreign policy of the United States, and the attitude that USAID has adopted over the years is that, “No, we are independent of the national interest. We fund programs irrespective of whether it is aligned or not aligned with the foreign policy.” That’s ridiculous, these are taxpayer dollars. Every penny that we spend in foreign aid needs to be in the furtherance and aligned with the national interest and the foreign policy of the United States. So, this is not about ending the programs that USAID does per se, 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.

As RedState reported, two USAID officials were placed on administrative leave after refusing to cooperate with DOGE oversight. Rubio referenced this rogue attitude within the agency and how he planned to address it.

They are supposed to take direction from the State Department, policy direction. They do not. Not only do they not take policy direction, they’re completely uncooperative. When you ask questions, when you try to go in and find out, okay, what does this program do, who’s getting the money, why was this funded? Why are you doing this? Why aren’t you coordinating with the embassy or the State Department? 

Their attitude is, we don’t have to answer to you, because we’re independent. We answer to no one. Well that is not true. We will no longer allow it.

Rubio went into more detail in this video, explaining that his frustration with USAID went back to his time in Congress and that USAID has a history of not aligning with the national interest or American foreign policy, and he designated himself as Acting Director and has delegated authority to a surrogate to carry out the work of oversight. 

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RUBIO: “I’m the Acting Director of USAID.” pic.twitter.com/6Od3FMLeTL

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