Historical cleaning in American diplomacy. The State Department, equivalent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, began this Friday to dismiss more than 1300 diplomats and civil servants as part of a reduction in more than 3,000 jobs after the Supreme Court authorized the Trump administration to continue its mass plan to reduce the federal official.
According to the internal note on July 11, quoted by Bloomberg, this measure affects 11 107 civil service workers and 246 diplomats of the diplomatic service This work is in national missions. The victims will be notified by e -mail and placed in an immediate administrative license. In total, About 3,000 employees will leave the agency as part of this restructuringField
“The goal from the very beginning was clear: to concentrate resources on political priorities and eliminate excessive functions,” said Michael Rigas, deputy state secretary. The high -ranking officials of the department suggest that the reorganization seeks to eliminate structures inherited from the Cold War, which, according to them, no longer coincides with the foreign policy of the “First USA”, which is promoted by Trump.
Among the changes proposed in previous plans, there are Reducing the management category responsible for the assistance of democracy and human rightsS, as well as the closure of units devoted to such issues as women’s rights, global health security, diversity and inclusion.
This news appeared just when the Secretary of State Marco Rubio returned from a visit to Kuala -Lumpur, Malasia, where he met with Asian leaders to resolve issues of trade and security. During his stay, Rubio also met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergei Lavrov to cope with the peaceful efforts between Russia and Ukraine.
The implementation of the plan was under consideration until several resources were allowed at the powers of the executive branch to fulfill mass dismissal in the federal government. Nevertheless, the Supreme Court raised a court order that blocked these abbreviations more than a dozen agencies a few days ago, which opened the door to launch these reductions.
The American Diplomatic Service Association, the trade union, which represents career diplomats, sharply criticized this decision, describing it as “The dismantling of the first diplomatic force“From the country.” There were clear institutional mechanisms for solving excess staff, if it was a goal. These dismissals are not based on the merits or mission, ”the AFSA statement said.
Tammy Bruce, a representative of the State Department, defended the restructuring of Rubio in April, saying that he was striving to “advance to the Department at the speed of relevance and restore it to its roots as the results, oriented for democracy.”
Since his arrival at the White House, President Trump has sought to reform the federal bureaucracy, indicating that he and his allies call the “deep state” of hostile officials on his agenda. Within the framework of this initiative, the State Department introduced the efficiency program, previously led by businessman Elon Musk, focused on the pruning of personnel using voluntary incentives.
Restructuring too Included the closing of the US Agency for International Development (USAID)To which the musk is described as corrupt and ineffective. Rubio, appointed by Trump as a temporary administrator of USAID, ordered 83% of his projects and the transfer of the rest to the State Department in March. The agency was officially dissolved at the beginning of this month.
