Secretary of State Marco Rubio is swinging the axe—and the swamp is feeling it. In a bold move to streamline a bloated State Department, Rubio has announced a sweeping reorganization plan that will cut 132 domestic offices, eliminate nearly 700 positions in Washington, D.C., and scrap entire bureaus that critics say have drifted into left-wing activism under the banner of “human rights.”
One of the biggest cuts? The main bureau responsible for democracy and human rights programs, often used to push progressive ideology abroad. While liberal critics and civil rights advocates are howling, Rubio’s team sees it differently. A senior department official called the current setup “bloated” and said it’s had a “deleterious effect on foreign policy.”
The proposed restructuring reduces the total number of State Department offices from 734 to 602, with a primary focus on domestic streamlining—foreign embassies and consulates remain largely untouched. And the plan isn’t a surprise: Deputy Secretary Christopher Landau confirmed in a memo that these changes have been in the works since early in the Trump administration.
The reorg also includes folding some offices into new, leaner divisions with clearer missions, especially in foreign and humanitarian affairs. Critics, mostly from the usual corners, argue this could hurt U.S. “soft power.” But conservatives see it for what it is: a necessary gutting of bureaucracy run amok.
It’s about time the State Department got back to serving U.S. interests—not funding overseas think tanks and pushing globalist buzzwords. Rubio’s move brings diplomacy back where it belongs—under firm, focused, America-First leadership.