Rubio announces closing of USAID

The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be absorbed by the State Department with all but a handful of its employees being told that they are no longer needed.

A federal court cleared the way for the agency, which had become a money laundering conduit for the corrupt Democratic Party and slush fund for globalists, to be shuttered with its staff being cut to “15 legally required positions,” according to The New York Times which noted that the agency employed around 10,000 people before Trump took office.

On Friday, an appeals court in Virginia blocked an activist judge’s order that prevented the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) from working at USAID, a major win for the Trump administration which has prioritized dismantling it.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed the end of USAID on Friday.

Foreign assistance done right can advance our national interests, protect our borders, and strengthen our partnerships with key allies. Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high.

Thanks to…

— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) March 28, 2025

“Foreign assistance done right can advance our national interests, protect our borders, and strengthen our partnerships with key allies. Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high,” Rubio wrote in a post to X.. “Thanks to President Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over.”

“We are reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens. We are continuing essential lifesaving programs and making strategic investments that strengthen our partners and our own country,” the nation’s top diplomat added. “This is yet another promise made and delivered to the American people.”

In a Friday memo to staff, former DOGE official and new USAID deputy director Jeremy Lewin informed them of the changes.

“As Secretary Rubio has said, following congressional consultations, the State Department intends to assume responsibility for many of USAID’s functions and its ongoing programming. This transfer will significantly enhance efficiency, accountability, uniformity, and strategic impact in delivering foreign assistance programs – allowing our nation and President to speak with one voice in foreign affairs,” the memo read.

“It will also obviate the need for USAID to continue operating as an independent establishment. Accordingly, the Department will seek to retire USAID’s independent operation, consistent with applicable law,” Lewin wrote. “As part of that process, substantially all non-statutory positions at USAID will be eliminated.”

In Friday’s ruling, the  Fourth US Circuit Court of Appeals swatted down the effort to block the termination of agency employees by rejecting an earlier decision by Maryland Judge Theodore Chuang – an Obama appointee – that the downsizing was likely unconstitutional “in multiple ways,” siding with 26 current and former USAID employees or contractors who sued to halt DOGE.

Appeals court Judges Paul Niemeyer, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush, and Trump appointee Marvin Quattlebaum, Jr. ruled that DOGE and Musk “made a strong showing that they are likely to succeed on the merits of the appeal, that they will be irreparably injured absent the stay,” according to court documents, Fox News reported.

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Chris Donaldson is an ordinary American who is concerned about rampant corruption as well as the ongoing attacks on our way of life by those who have contempt for our hard-earned freedoms. A Navy veteran, he has been a frequent contributor to conservative websites and resides in Florida.

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