Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced sweeping changes at the State Department to bring the department “into the 21st Century and put America and Americans first.
Rubio shared, “Today is the day. Under @POTUS’ leadership and at my direction, we are reversing decades of bloat and bureaucracy at the State Department.”
“These sweeping changes will empower our talented diplomats to put America and Americans first.”
The full statement reads:
We are facing tremendous challenges across the globe. To deliver on President Trump’s America First foreign policy, we must make the State Department Great Again.
In its current form, the Department is bloated, bureaucratic, and unable to perform its essential diplomatic mission in this new era of great power competition. Over the past 15 years, the Department’s footprint has had unprecedented growth and costs have soared. But far from seeing a return on investment, taxpayers have seen less effective and efficient diplomacy. The sprawling bureaucracy created a system more beholden to radical political ideology than advancing America’s core national interests.
That is why today I am announcing a comprehensive reorganization plan that will bring the Department into the 21st Century. This approach will empower the Department from the ground up, from the bureaus to the embassies. Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed, and non-statutory programs that are misaligned with America’s core national interests will cease to exist.
Under President Trump’s leadership, we have a commander in chief committed to putting America and Americans first. As his Secretary of State, I am confident a reformed State Department will meet the moment and help make our country great once again.
Today is the day. Under @POTUS’ leadership and at my direction, we are reversing decades of bloat and bureaucracy at the State Department.
These sweeping changes will empower our talented diplomats to put America and Americans first. pic.twitter.com/CGWz3JrYwu
— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) April 22, 2025
Last week, The Gateway Pundit reported that Secretary Rubio announced the closure of the Counter Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference Office, formerly known as the Global Engagement Center.
The office was set up to fight “foreign disinformation,” but in recent years, it has been used repeatedly to censor the free speech of American citizens funded by their own tax dollars.
GOVT. CENSORSHIP: “American taxpayers through the State Department were paying groups to try to silence the voice of Americans.”
Sec of State Marco Rubio announces DISMANTLING of censorship group CFIM — formerly known as the Global Engagement Center, in conversation with… pic.twitter.com/PHtsGhJU8y
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) April 16, 2025
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