Exclusive: Rubio says “no choice” but to control the USAID “under control”

Exclusive: Secretary Marco Rubio He is accusing Usaid of “Rank Insubordination”, adding “we had no choice but to control this thing.” The highest North -American diplomat made the comments in an exclusive interview with Fox News in El Salvador, just after announcing that he would take over as a director of the humanitarian agency.

Rubio exploded Usaid for being “completely unanswered” by telling the fox “that they do not consider them to work for the United States, they only think they are a global entity and that their master is the balloon and not the United States, and this This is not what the Statute says, and this is not sustainable. “

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Rubio declined to say if the agency “must die”, as the head of Stoge Elon Musk It suggests, instead of emphasizing the goal it was always to reform it.

“There are things we do through USAID that we should continue to do, make sense, and we will have to decide, it is better through the State Department or it is better through something, you know, a renovated usaid ?

Despite the restructuring plans, Rubio said that the United States would remain the “most generous nation on Earth”, but added, so it makes sense, that it is of our national interests.

Asked if changes to USAID would open the door Communist China To increase their influence around the world, Rubio said “No, I mean, first, they do not now. If they did, they would be out of competing with us in these places. But my point is that, even and All if they did, why would we fund things that are against our national interests or not our national interests, whether China or not?

On Monday evening, the group and the labor union represented by the workers of the North -American Foreign Service, published a statement Opposing the actions of the Trump Administration with respect to the USAID. “The American Foreign Affairs Service (AFSA) association is strongly opposed to the administration’s decision to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This will harm the national security of the United States Development professionals who serve the interests of the United States abroad. “

Rubio goes to Panama, Latin America to pursue Trump’s Golden Agenda

The broad interview took place after Rubio’s visit to Panama and in the midst of repeated warnings of President Trump that the United States would “recover” the Panama channel on the concerns that Chinese have a de facto operating control over him.

After his visit with Panama President Jose Raul Mulino announced that the Central American nation would leave the belt and road initiative in China. Rubio welcomes the movement, but tells Fox that it is not enough and hopes to see “additional steps in the coming days”.

President Trump announced 30 -day breaks on rates in Mexico and Canada. Rubio acknowledges that “changes our economic relationship with our closest neighbors”, adding the Department of state does not participate in any negotiation to turn Canada into 51st state.

Despite Venezuela’s recent play to release hostages from the United States and accept migrants who illegally live in the United States, Secretary Rubio said that there is still no plans to recognize the Maduro regime as legitimate. Rubio added that “Maduro knows that the United States has many options to cause serious damage to their regime.”

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Rubio, who is of Cuban offspring, says he has no “intent” of going to Havana as a maximum diplomat in America “not to discuss when they will leave.” Rubio continues his trip to the western hemisphere on Tuesday with stops in Costa Rica and Guatemala.