Rubio says 'no choice' but to bring USAID 'under control' after agency takeover: 'rank insubordination'

EXCLUSIVE: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is accusing USAID of "rank insubordination," adding "we had nary prime but to bring this happening nether control."  The apical U.S. diplomat made the comments successful an exclusive interrogation with Fox News successful El Salvador, conscionable aft announcing helium would instrumentality implicit arsenic acting manager of the humanitarian agency.  

Rubio blasted USAID for being "completely unresponsive" telling Fox "they don’t see that they enactment for the U.S., they conscionable deliberation they’re a planetary entity and that their maestro is the globe and not the United States, and that’s not what the statute says, and that’s not sustainable."

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Rubio refused to accidental whether the bureau "needs to die," arsenic DOGE main Elon Musk is suggesting, alternatively stressing the extremity was ever to betterment it.  

"There are things that we bash done USAID that we should proceed to do, that marque sense, and we'll person to decide, is that amended done the State Department oregon is that amended done something, you know, a reformed USAID? That's the process we're moving through."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID of "rank insubordination" and different administrative shortcomings successful an exclusive Fox News interview. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Despite plans for restructuring, Rubio said the United States would stay the "most generous federation connected Earth," but added, successful a mode that makes sense, that’s successful our nationalist interests.

Asked if changes to USAID would unfastened the doorway for Communist China to summation its power astir the world, Rubio said "No, I mean, archetypal of all, they don't bash that now. If they did, they'd beryllium retired determination competing with america successful these places. But my constituent is this, adjacent if they did that, wherefore would we money things that are against our nationalist interests oregon don't further our nationalist interests, whether China is determination oregon not? If China wants to discarded our wealth connected thing that's against their China, their nationalist interests, spell up and bash it. We're not going to bash it."

Monday evening, the radical and labour national that represents U.S. overseas work workers, released a statement opposing the Trump administration's actions regarding USAID. "The American Foreign Service Association (AFSA) powerfully objects to the administration’s determination to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This volition undermine U.S. nationalist security, whitethorn subvert Congressional authority, and demonstrates a deficiency of respect for the dedication of the improvement professionals who service America’s interests abroad."

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The wide-ranging interrogation came aft Rubio’s sojourn to Panama and amidst repeated warnings from President Trump that the United State would "take back" the Panama Canal implicit concerns the Chinese person de facto operational power implicit it.

Following his sojourn with the Panamanian President, Jose Raul Mulino announced the cardinal American federation would permission China’s Belt and Road initiative. Rubio welcomes the determination but tells Fox that’s not capable and that helium hopes to spot "additional steps successful the days to come."

TOPSHOT - US Secretary of State Marco Rubio boards a level en way to El Salvador astatine Panama Pacifico International Airport successful Panama City connected February 3, 2025. Rubio is successful Panama connected a two-day authoritative visit.  (MARK SCHIEFELBEIN/Pool AP/AFP via Getty Images)

President Trump announced 30-day pauses connected tariffs connected Mexico and Canada. Rubio admit that "changes our economical narration with our closest neighbors," adding the State Department is not progressive successful immoderate negotiations to marque Canada the 51st state.

Despite Venezuela’s caller determination to merchandise U.S. hostages and judge migrants surviving illegally successful the US, Secretary Rubio said determination are inactive nary plans to admit the Maduro authorities arsenic legitimate.  Rubio added "Maduro knows the US has galore options to inflict superior harm connected his regime."

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Rubio, who is of Cuban descent, says helium has "no intention" of going to Havana arsenic America’s apical diplomat "other than to sermon erstwhile they're going to leave." Rubio continues his occidental hemisphere travel Tuesday with stops successful Costa Rica and Guatemala.