This morning was a good morning, especially for this country. Besides having someone in the White House who’s all about this country, his team is rock solid and moving into place.
The first one officially onboard is someone I’ve known for a long time and always thought was meant to do great things serving this nation.
Good riddance to Anthony Blinken… this is possibly the most significant upgrade we’ve had in a LONG LONG time to this position.
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) January 21, 2025
I couldn’t be prouder or feel better about a cabinet officer. He’ll be one helluva Secretary of State.
RUBIO: Trump made clear that our foreign policy will promote peace. Peace through strength. Peace, always, without abandoning our values. We will help Trump achieve his agenda. pic.twitter.com/SdZC5Uwg6a
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) January 21, 2025
Rubio didn’t waste time shaking hands and introducing himself to staffers at the State Department headquarters while chitchatting about pronouns around the coffee machine in the breakroom, either.
Oh, no.
Rubio had a cable ready to go out – a long one – right after he was sworn in. He sent a lengthy introduction to every diplomat and consular officer worldwide this morning, informing employees that the new boss was not the same as the old boss. I’m sure it had to be a rude shock to the sclerotic State Department systems of many who received it even though they had to have known change was in the air. No doubt they underestimated what change was and how fast it would happen.
Shortly after taking the oath of office, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable to every U.S. diplomatic and consular post worldwide. The stark message from the new diplomat: Sweeping changes are coming to a department that had mistakenly emphasized “ideology over common sense” and “misread the world.”
The lengthy cable was sent shortly after Rubio arrived at his new post in Foggy Bottom and was obtained exclusively by RealClearPolitics. It signals a fundamental shift in foreign policy and a realignment of all diplomatic efforts toward putting American needs first.
Toward this end, President Trump’s new diplomat promised to focus on mass migration, terminate DEI policies within the department, end the “censorship of the American people,” and pursue “energy dominance.”
Then, having already started to jettison previous administration personnel, Rubio specifically laid out the new rules and the new vision, adherence to which commenced immediately.
…To answer those questions in the affirmative and to realign the department with the mission of the new president, Rubio warned the diplomatic corps that the department will be transformed “into one that is innovative and nimble.” Said the new diplomat, “Certain priorities will be replaced, certain issues deemphasized, and some practices we will cease altogether.”
…The first specific agenda item in the cable: stopping illegal immigration and securing the U.S. border. Rubio called tackling this issue, a Trump hallmark, “the most consequential issue of our time” and told his staff the world over that, effective immediately, “this department will no longer undertake any activities that facilitate or encourage it.”
More than 2 million illegal immigrants entered the United States each year on average under former President Biden, a historic surge. In concert with Trump’s executive orders, and lest there be any confusion, Rubio wrote, “The era of mass migration must end.”
Rubio also announced new personnel policies in line with Trump’s executive order ending so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring practices. His predecessor, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken, had emphasized those ideals, requiring department officials to “advance” DEI as a prerequisite for promotion and implement an “equity action plan.” The Biden administration often emphasized that equity must be “at the center.”
Under Rubio, the byword will, instead, be equality. He warned the department will end all evaluation and promotion practices other than those based on “performance and merit,” adding that “strict meritocracy is essential to securing our nation’s future.”
What’s not to love?
Everything you’ve listed is so normal and right, makes perfect sense, and yet is being treated as though it’s radical by the leftists. I hope it’s not too late for America.
— Julia (@egayle1111) January 21, 2025
‘Getting down to basics‘ is a foreign concept to the foreign service and one that Rubio intends to reinstitute, stat.
…He now has authority over all such posts and practices, and he warned that any counterproductive activities “must, and will, end.” Instead, the new secretary told a diplomatic corps that is still getting to know him that the new administration will return to what he called “the basics of diplomacy.”
“Far too much of America’s diplomacy is focused on pushing political and cultural causes that are divisive at home and deeply unpopular abroad,” he wrote. “This creates unnecessary friction with other nations and obstructs our ability to conduct a pragmatic foreign policy and work cooperatively with other nations to advance our core national interests.”
Advancing our national interests is our national interest, not forcing Kenyans to use LEDs or cannibals in New Guinea to accept transgenders.
FOCUS, PEOPLE
Rubio is dead-on here with his critique of the Karl Popper-inspired postwar consensus, that an “open society” was the only guarantee against fascism and war. That consensus is leading us to ruin, and the sooner the Trump administration kills it the better off we’ll be. https://t.co/FZkMpXRXXh
— John Daniel Davidson (@johnddavidson) January 15, 2025
“The postwar global order is not just obsolete—it is now a weapon being used against us.”
I’d almost feel sorry for those cretins at State if I didn’t know what sneks they are.
But what an exciting time to be there if you’re up to the task, huh?
Damn.
We are in good hands thanks to President Trump’s tremendous picks.
And it’s only been 24 hours.
Can’t wait to see who’s up large and in charge next.
