Marco Rubio Accuses USAID Of 'Insubordination,' Claims He's Now In Charge

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Source: HuffPost

Marco Rubio Accuses USAID Of ‘Insubordination,’ Claims He’s Now In Charge

Ryan Grenoble
Mon, February 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM EST·2 min read

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Monday that the U.S. Agency for International Development has been rolled into the State Department, with Rubio now its acting director as a result of some legally questionable maneuvers.

“I’m the acting director of USAID,” he said. “I’ve delegated that authority to someone, but I stay in touch with him.”

Rubio further accused the agency that now reports to him of “insubordination” for being uncooperative “with people asking simple questions.”

The secretary did not elaborate on who was asking the questions but was presumably referring to Elon Musk, who went on a tirade against the agency over the weekend.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/news/marco-rubio-accuses-usaid-insubordination-201837310.html

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1. Unanimous approval from the US Senate

What more can you say?

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4. You beat me to it

Rubio is a pump handle like the rest of them.

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2. He's the new Al Haig!

"I am in control here..."

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3. His undersecretary called people like Rubio

racially unqualified. Is Rubio taking orders from Musk and his white nationalist undersecretary. Does he feel unqualified? Where is the media? (I know).

Inquiring minds want to know!

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5. Hall Monitor Marco

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6. Rubio is in over his head.

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7. This is the man following in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson, George C. Marshall, and Antony Blinken.

The US Senate voted unanimously to confirm Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday, making him the first confirmed member of President Donald Trump's Cabinet in his second administration.

Link:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/marco-rubio-unanimously-confirmed-secretary-state-becoming-member/story?id=117914119