Exclusive: Secretary Marco Rubio accuses USAID of ‘ranking’, adding ‘that we had no choice but to control this thing’. The best American diplomat made the comments in an exclusive interview with Fox News in El Salvador, just after he announced that he would take over as acting director of the Humanitarian Agency.
Rubio has radiated USAID because he “does not respond” and tell Fox “that they do not consider working for the US, they just think they are a global entity and that their master is the world and not the United States, and that Is not what the status says, and that is not sustainable. “
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Rubio refused to say whether the desk should ‘die’ as a doge chief Elon Musk suggests, instead emphasized that the goal was always to reform it.
“There are things we do via USAID that we must continue to do, that are logical, and we will have to decide, is that better through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or is that better because of something, you know, a reformed usaid? The process We work through. “
State Secretary Marco Rubio accused the USAID of “Ranking Origining” and other administrative shortcomings in an exclusive FOX News interview. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Despite plans for restructuring, Rubio said that the United States would remain the ‘most generous nation on earth’, but added that sentence in a way, that is in our national interests.
Asked if changes in USAID would open the door Communist China To increase his influence all over the world, Rubio said, “No, I mean, in the first place they don’t do that now. If they did, they would compete there in these places. But my point is, even if they did that, why should we finance things that are against our national interests or not promote our national interests, whether China is there or not if China wants to waste our money on something that is against their China, their national interests, go ahead and Do it.
Monday evening the group and trade union that represents American foreign service providers, A statement released Against the actions of the Trump government with regard to USAID. “The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) Objection is strongly against the decision of the administration to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This will undermine the US national security, the conference authority can undermine and a lack of respect for The dedication of the dedication of the dedication of the dedication of dedication can undermine the development professionals that serve the interests of America abroad. “
Rubio goes to Panama, Latin -America to pursue Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ agenda
The broad interview came after Rubio’s visit to Panama and in the midst of repeated warnings from President Trump that the United State would “take back” the Panama Canal because of the Chinese have de facto operational control.
After his visit to the Panamanian president, Jose Raul Mulino announced that the Midden -American country would leave China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Rubio welcomes the move, but says Fox that is not enough and that he hopes to see ‘extra steps in the coming days’.
TOPSHOT – US State Secretary Marco Rubio Boards A plane on his way to El Salvador on Panama Pacifico International Airport in Panama City on 3 February 2025. Rubio is in Panama during a two -day official visit. (Mark Schiefelbein/Pool AP/AFP via Getty images)
President Trump announced 30-day breaks for rates on Mexico and Canada. Rubio acknowledges that “our economic relationship with our closest neighbors changes”, so that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Is not involved in negotiations to make Canada the 51st state.
Despite the recent step of Venezuela to release American hostages and to accept migrants who live in the US illegally, Secretary Rubio said that there are still no plans to recognize the Maduro regime as legitimate. Rubio added: “Maduro knows that the US has many options to cause serious damage to its regime.”
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Rubio, who is of Cuban descent, says that he is’ not going to ‘to go to Havana as America’s top diplomat’, except to discuss when they leave. ” Rubio continues his Western hemisfere trip on Tuesday with stops in Costa Rica and Guatemala.
