EXCLUSIVE: State Department Divide Breaks Open Between Establishment, MAGA Loyalists Over USAID Cuts

By Reagan Reese

Inside the State Department, a battle is brewing over how to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Trump administration officials tell the Daily Caller the State Department is divided into two factions, between those primarily loyal to the president and those aligned with moderate Republican senators who are dovish on USAID cuts. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been under pressure from his former Senate colleagues not to fully dismantle USAID and did not initially want to take on the task when requested by Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), multiple Trump administration officials told the Caller.

Cutting wasteful spending has been a main priority for Trump and DOGE, and early on, USAID was among the first agencies targeted. However, the process of doing so has apparently been contentious.

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Read Full Article Here…(dailycaller.com)

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