Rubio Slashes 83% Of USAID Programs, Hails DOGE
Rubio thanked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for this “overdue and historic reform“
(ZH) – Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on X early Monday that, following a six-week review, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)—a rogue agency captured by the Deep State—will see most of its programs canceled, and the State Department will oversee the remaining programs still in operation.
“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,” Rubio said.
He continued, “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.”
Rubio thanked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency for this “overdue and historic reform” of USAID, which had become notorious for inefficiencies and bloated bureaucracies, wasting tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer funds on programs that undermine American interests, such as funding radical, left-wing programs around the world.
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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.
“Tough, but necessary. Good working with you,” Musk wrote in a response to Rubio’s post.
Replying to @marcorubio
Tough, but necessary. Good working with you. The important parts of USAID should always have been with Dept of State.
Latest USAID reporting:
- “I Am Stunned” – SCOTUS Dissenters Rage As ‘Liberals’ Unfreeze $2BN USAID Foreign-Aid Payments
- Waste Of The Day: Congo Splurged At Davos On USAID Dime
- USAID Sent Millions To Ukraine In Secret Slush Funds, Investigators Found
- Did Neutering Of USAID Push Sesame Street’s Nonprofit Into Turmoil
- More USAID Fraud? Billions Of US Tax Dollars Are Missing From Haiti Relief Projects
Additional color:
- DOGE Vs USAID: “A Remarkable And Definite Victory”
- The Real Victims Of USAID’s Mismanagement
- How USAID And Its $50 Billion Budget Became A Target For Reform
- Matt Taibbi’s Opening Statement To Congress About USAID, Free Speech, And The ‘Censorship Machine
- USAID Employees Placed On Leave Worldwide
The move by Rubio has been well telegraphed…
Moving forward, America’s interests will be put first when deciding how to allocate aid (otherwise known as statecraft) to foreign countries via the State Department.
GREAT WORK, @SecRubio: Rubio Cuts $60+ Billion In Waste From State Department, USAID
The era of US taxpayers funding far-left NGOs worldwide that some oppose freedom of speech, capitalism, Christianity, nuclear family, and Western values has come to an end.
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