US State Department has taken control of the US agency for international development. The duties of the USAID head will be performed by the State Secretary of the States Marco Rubio.

During a visit to El Salvador on Monday, February 3, Rubio in a conversation with reporters stated that he was acting USAID. He also accused the agency of "

“It will stop and this will end with it,” he emphasized.

According to the head of American diplomacy, the USAID functions should be consistent with the US foreign policy and this is an "

Answering the question that the work of USAID is vital for national security and promotion of the interests of the United States, Rubio said: “There are things that we do through USAID, which we must continue to do, and we will continue to do. But all this should be consistent with state enthusiasm and foreign states' foreign policy "

At the same time, he clarified that now we are not talking about the termination of the programs that USAID is engaged in.

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It should be noted that the head of the US Government Efficiency Department (DOGE) billionaire Ilon Musk accused USAID of financing biological weapons research and called this organization criminal. According to him, the American administration is "

The day before, several sources from the White House said Politico that the Donald Trump administration was considering the possibility of eliminating the agency for international development as an independent structure and that it can integrate it into the State Department.

Five more interlocutors argue that specific solutions are still unknown, however, "

Earlier USAID was positioned as an independent agency receiving political instructions from the US Secretary of State, although it works without direct management from the department.