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Throughout all of this, #Trump sat back in his chair, arms folded, as if he were watching a tennis match.

After the argument dragged on for an uncomfortable time, Trump finally intervened to defend #Rubio as doing a “great job.” Rubio has a lot to deal with, he said. “He is very busy, he is always traveling & on TV, & he has an agency to run. So everyone just needs to work together.”

#USpol#Musk#DOGE
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#Musk was not being truthful, #Rubio said. What about the >1,500 #State Dept ofcls who took early retirement in buyouts? Didn’t they count as #layoffs? He asked, sarcastically, whether Musk wanted him to rehire all those people so he could make a show of firing them again. Then he laid out his plans for reorganizing the State Dept.

Musk was unimpressed. He told Rubio he was “good on TV,” w/the clear subtext being that he was not good for much else.

#Trump#USpol#DOGE
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#MarcoRubio was incensed. Here he was in the #Cabinet Room of the White House, the Secy of #State, seated beside the president & listening to a litany of attacks from the richest man in the world.

Seated diagonally opposite, #ElonMusk was letting #Rubio have it, accusing him of failing to slash his staff.

You have fired “nobody,” Musk told Rubio, then scornfully added that perhaps the only person he had fired was a staff member from Musk’s #DOGE.

“An official at #USAID targeted by #Trump admin w layoffs, cuts & funding obstacles was placed on leave after saying those moves will lead to "preventable death" & threats to US security.

In memo to staff, incl those placed on leave or laid off, Nick Enrich said USAID has not implemented "lifesaving humanitarian assistance" under temp waiver to the pause on foreign aid issued by #Rubio
nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usaid

NBC News · USAID official placed on leave after saying barriers to lifesaving programs will cause ‘preventable death’By Julia Jester

As I've been saying, they're making Congress obsolete. Which every GOP MOC should be screaming about, but nooooo.

NYT:

"Secretary of State Marco #Rubio has invoked “emergency authorities” to bypass Congress and send $4 billion in weapons to Israel, the second time in a month that the Trump administration has skirted the process of congressional approval for sending arms to the country."

Trump Cancels Lifesaving USAID Programs, Despite Pledge of 90-Day Review

The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.

propublica.org/article/trump-u

ProPublicaThe Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
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#News#Trump#USAID

“LIVE BLOG: Three Police Officers Killed in #Rafah | Marco #Rubio Arrives in Israel – Day 499”

by Palestine Chronicle Staff

@palestine
@israel

“Meanwhile, a shipment of heavy [GBU-43/B #MOAB] bombs from the United States arrived in Israel, and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio landed in Tel Aviv to meet with Prime Minister Netanyahu”

palestinechronicle.com/live-bl

Palestine Chronicle · LIVE BLOG: Three Police Officers Killed in Rafah | Marc Rubio Arrives in Israel - Day 499Three police officers were killed by Israeli occupation forces in the southern Gaza city of Rafah while distributing aid. 
#Press#Gaza#Palestine

Gaetz soll US-Justizminister werden, Rubio US-Außenminister

Für zwei weitere wichtige Ressorts hat Trump Namen genannt: Senator Rubio aus Florida soll Außenminister werden, der erzkonservative Abgeordneten Gaetz Justizminister. Das Justizressort hat für Trump besondere Bedeutung.

➡️ tagesschau.de/ausland/trump-pe

tagesschau.de · Gaetz soll US-Justizminister werden, Rubio US-AußenministerBy tagesschau.de
#Trump#USA#USWahl