Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been “gutting” the National Security Council of “deep state” actors at the direction of President Donald Trump.
Rubio has been on a mission to purge the “deep state” from important government boards and councils.
The moves are part of an effort to fundamentally reshape certain federal bodies to fight the unelected shadow government that has been running Washington, D.C., for decades.
President Trump has made the National Security Council an important target for reform.
The Council is a notoriously bureaucratic institution staffed by career officials who oppose Trump’s agenda.
One unnamed White House official stated:
“The NSC is the ultimate Deep State.
“It’s Marco vs. the Deep State.
“We’re gutting the Deep State.”
Of the 350 staff, about half have been cut and moved to other agencies to reduce the influence of the NSC and the bureaucrats who have enjoyed unchallenged rule for years.
In a statement to Axios, Rubio explained:
“The right-sizing of the NSC is in line with its original purpose and the president’s vision.
“The NSC will now be better positioned to collaborate with agencies.”
Over the past years, the NSC has become instrumental in carrying out policies instead of its original advisory role.
Because of the NSC’s multi-layered committee system, the organization is completely inefficient in executing policy as opposed to advising.
Another White House official pointed this flaw out by stating:
“That’s the bottom-to-the-top approach that doesn’t work. It’s going away.
“All those things feeding up to principals are the unnecessary piece.”
Purging the NSC and reforming it is crucial to President Trump’s mission to reshape American foreign policy.
In contrast to past presidents, Trump’s foreign policy prioritizes American interests, global peace, and stability.
An example of this policy is Trump’s decision to lift sanctions on Syria to encourage stability in the region.
The mission for Rubio is to reshape government to immediately and quickly respond to the orders of President Trump.
If Trump wants it done, it needs to be done, instead of being filtered through four layers of committees staffed by career bureaucrats.
Rubio is flexing his power in cleaning up government agencies, and one staffer told Axios:
“Marco is the one in charge and calling the shots.”
When Trump nominated Rubio to be his Secretary of State, some were concerned that he wouldn’t have the fortitude to be ruthless in making cuts.
However, it appears that Rubio has proven to be a warrior for Trump’s agenda and is determined to dismantle the “swamp.”
The NSC isn’t the only corrupt government body that Rubio has had a hand in dismantling.
Rubio has been hard at work for months destroying the corrupt money laundering scheme that was USAID.
Americans who voted for Trump in November ought to be excited by the work that the Trump administration is doing to cut down and burn Washington D.C.’s corrupt bureaucracy.
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