MAGA Trump Official Who Shuttered USAID & Wanted Deepest Cuts Fired After Clashes With Rubio
Tyler Durden | Apr 14, 2025 - 05:20 PMPete Marocco, who oversaw the closure of USAID and briefly led the foreign-assistance mission at State, worked closely with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), yet at times clashed with Secretary of State Marco Rubio according to the report.
"Pete was brought to State with a big mission—to conduct an exhaustive review of every dollar spent on foreign assistance," a senior administration official told the Journal. "He conducted that historic task and exposed egregious abuses of taxpayer dollars. We all expect big things are in store for Pete on his next mission," they continued, adding "He is no longer at State."
Marocco learned that his time at the State Department was coming to an end late last week, according to a person close to him. After a meeting at the White House, Marocco was told by State Department officials he was out at the agency, the person said, noting he had to hand in his agency badge and laptop. Another U.S. official said it wasn’t Marocco’s choice to leave the department, adding that he was at times at odds with Rubio and his top advisers.
It wasn’t immediately clear if Marocco will leave the administration entirely or serve in a different role. Marocco didn’t respond to a request for comment. Marocco served in the first Trump administration in several capacities, including at the Pentagon, State Department, USAID and the Commerce Department. -WSJ
According to the report, Rubio and Marocco had disagreements over the scale and implementation of foreign aid cuts -
with Marocco advocating for far deeper cuts, while Rubio and team pushed to keep several programs running. . . .
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/maga-trump-official-who-shuttered-usaid-wanted-deepest-cuts-fired-after-clashes-rubio
This is a bad sign. Rubio should be the one stepping down, not Marocco. Wonder how much Rubio is pocketing from those programs.
