USAID will further ‘national interest’ after ‘insubordination’ is rooted out, White House says

Published February 4, 2025 4:54pm ET



President Donald Trump is turning the U.S. Agency for International Development on its head during his first month in office, restructuring the foreign aid service to fit his America-first agenda.

The top-to-bottom upheaval of USAID, which Trump has said is being run by “lunatics,” will be headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who announced Monday he was taking the reins of the agency.

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