After Trump’s extremely rich personal companion and advisor Elon Musk pledged to annihilate the US Office for Universal Advancement (USAID), whose site went dim over the end of the week, Rubio affirmed he and the State Office had expected control of the independent body.
“I’m the acting chief of USAID,” Rubio told correspondents on a visit to El Salvador, in spite of the fact that he said he was appointing day-to-day obligations to a staffer.
USAID workers are seen at the CARE universal distribution center within the West Bank town of Ramallah, 10 May 2006, as they prepared to stack two trucks with given restorative supplies to be sent to the Gaza Strip. Elon Musk assaulted the US Office for Universal Advancement, (USAID) calling it a “criminal organization” on February 2, 2025, as President Donald Trump claimed the organization was “run by radical lunatics” and said he was considering its future. (Photo by JAMAL ARURI / AFP)
Rubio, who backed remote help as a representative, said that numerous of USAID’s capacities would proceed but denounced it for acting as in case it were an “independent non-governmental entity.”
“In numerous cases, USAID is included in programs that run counter to what we’re attempting to do with our national strategy,” he said.
“It’s been 20 or 30 a long time that individuals have attempted to change it,” he said.
Rubio denounced USAID experts, numerous of whom have been put on leave, of coming up short of replying to questions by the modern Trump organization on their subsidizing and needs.
“That level of meager makes it inconceivable to conduct a sort of serious review,” he said. “It’s aiming to halt and it’s aiming to end.”
