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Trump reportedly drafted an executive order for ‘a disciplined reorganization’ of the State Department that would shut down embassies and cut climate change and refugee offices



  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs It can be in a comprehensive reform. Dodging an executive order obtained by New York Times He explains what will be one of the largest reorganization of the agency since its foundation in 1789. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio denies that there are business changes.

In President Donald Trump’s recent effort to reform federal government offices, he was reported that he had a executive matter that would significantly change the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The executive will cancel almost all the operations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Africa, closing embassies, and cut off offices at the agency’s headquarters that deal with climate change, as well as refugees, democracy and human rights, according to a 16 -page draft that has been obtained before New York Times.

According to the document, this will be a “disciplined reorganization” of the agency “to simplify the delivery of the task” and reduce “waste, fraud and abuse.” If the executive order is enacted, this will determine one of the most important reorganization of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since its inception in 1789, according to what it said Bloomberg. Changes must be made by October 1.

However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims that there are no plans for such works.

“This is fake news,” Rubio wrote at X Publishing on Sunday morning. “Nytimes is a victim of another trick.”

When asked about the comment on the draft executive, White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly indicated luck To Rubio’s X Post.

the Newton Last week, he also reported that the Trump administration could reduce nearly 50 % of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs financing in the coming fiscal year, according to an internal document.

Other changes included in the draft require the participation of Congress and “undoubtedly faced by legislators,” according to what he said. NewtonAnd you can face lawsuits.

“Now, instead of the political curvature of the facts, the Rubio Foreign Ministry intends to monitor the facts – about obtaining supportive support for Trump – to fit politics,” former American actor Tom Malinovsky wrote on X. “It is embarrassing and illegal, but it will not protect him from accountability.” Malinowski served as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Work during the Obama administration.

According to the documents you obtained Newton, The following changes can be made – and more than not listed – at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

  • Excluding job diplomats and civil service employees
  • End the external service exam for ambitious diplomats
  • Select new recruitment standards
  • Expanding the use of artificial intelligence to help with drafting documents
  • Eliminate regional offices
  • Cut the African Affairs Office
  • Transfer Canada operations to the New American Affairs Office
  • Eliminate the Office of Supervision of Democracy and Human Rights
  • Fulbright scholarship
  • Hold an end fellowship with the University of Howard

Representatives of Rubio and the US State Department did not respond immediately luckRequest to comment.

This story was originally shown on Fortune.com


2025-04-20 15:39:00

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