Secretary of State, National Security Advisor and National Archivist Marco Rubio announced going into the Labor Day holiday weekend he has given his fourth job, that of head of USAID, to Russ Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Rubio posted on social media that Vought will oversee the “closeout” of the former independent federal agency that was shut down earlier this year by the incoming Trump administration amid accusations of gross mismanagement and fomenting political unrest under the cover of government.
I joked with @realDonaldTrump that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend Russ Vought. So I did.
Since January, we’ve saved the taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. And with a small set of core programs moved over to the State Department, USAID is officially in close out mode. Russ is now at the helm to oversee the closeout of an agency that long ago went off the rails. Congrats, Russ.
I joked with @POTUS that I had four jobs. He told me to give one to my friend @RussVought47. So I did.
⁰Since January, we’ve saved the taxpayers tens of billions of dollars. And with a small set of core programs moved over to the State Department, USAID is officially in close…— Secretary Marco Rubio (@SecRubio) August 29, 2025
Vought responded, “Happy to help! Let’s go!”
Happy to help! Let’s go! https://t.co/r4Qq5WCo9o
— Russ Vought (@russvought) August 29, 2025
At Tuesday’s marathon cabinet meeting, Rubio broke up the room with his Labor Day comment on having four jobs in the Trump administration:
.@SecRubio at the Cabinet meeting: “For me personally, this is the most meaningful Labor Day of my life as someone with four jobs…” pic.twitter.com/7EGFgcKkRu
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 26, 2025
The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft interviewed a European journalist about USAID earlier this year (excerpt):
In an explosive sit-down interview with The Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft back in March, European journalist Bernadette Conrads delivered a chilling exposé on the sprawling influence of USAID and its deep state-funded allies operating across the European continent.
Conrads, who currently serves as Head of Communications for MEP Petr Bystron of Germany’s populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD), has spent the last five years tracing a tangled web of taxpayer-funded NGOs, censorship initiatives, and foreign election interference stretching from Washington, D.C. to Brussels.
While USAID may present itself as a harmless humanitarian initiative, Conrads warns it’s anything but.
“Foreign aid? No. It’s not about aid—it’s about control,” said Conrads. “It’s about censorship, regime change, and election interference.”
Her findings confirm what conservatives in America have long suspected: USAID and its sister organizations, like the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), according to Conrads, are merely fronts for the CIA and other unelected power centers in the U.S. government.
These groups allegedly launder influence through NGO cover operations, rig foreign elections, silence dissenting media, and export the very same “deep state” corruption President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle.
Read the full article here