Trump-appointed secretary of state who was also listed as the president's national security adviser in the July 2026 White House personnel report.
Relationship to Trumpsecretary of state in Trump's second administrationpolitical / 3 sourcesStatus
Exact relationships
- Donald J. Trump
Relationship to Trumpsecretary of state in Trump's second administration
Open evidence · 3 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump national security adviser
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - Donald J. Trump
Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - U.S. Agency for International Development
canceled most USAID awards and moved the remainder to State
Open evidence · 2 sourcesdocumented - U.S. Agency for International Development
completed the operational closure and transfer
Open evidence · 2 sourcesreported - U.S. Agency for International Development
continued mass cancellation after receiving documented warnings
Open evidence · 1 sourcedocumented - U.S. Agency for International Development
cut response funding after explicit outbreak warnings
Open evidence · 1 sourcereported
Record timeline
- Trump's 90-day foreign-aid freeze stopped active health and relief programsStop-work orders took effect while waiver rules remained slow and inconsistentTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- Trump nominates Rubio and Rubio enters duty as secretary of stateSecretary of state as of September 3, 2026secretary of state in Trump's second administration · documented · 3 sources
- Musk announced USAID was going into the wood chipper as its headquarters closedHeadquarters access and agency systems were shut before statutory reorganizationTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- The aid freeze paralyzed services for displaced people in SomaliaOrganizations suspended staff and services while seeking waivers and payment clarityTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- Sudan community kitchens closed as the U.S. aid freeze hit famine reliefLocal emergency-response rooms reported closures and ration cutsTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- The aid freeze interrupted contraception, maternity, and gender-violence servicesProviders reported closures and commodity shortages across multiple countriesTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- Senior USAID officials warned Rubio that program cuts could cause hundreds of thousands of deathsPrograms were terminated after senior officials delivered the warningscontinued mass cancellation after receiving documented warnings · Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- Uganda malaria prevention lost U.S.-funded staff, supplies, and field operationsPrograms operated below planned capacity despite limited lifesaving waiversTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- The State Department said it canceled 83 percent of USAID programsState said 5,200 of 6,200 reviewed awards were terminatedcanceled most USAID awards and moved the remainder to State · Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 2 sources
approximately 5,200 awardsUSAID awards canceled after review
- A judge ruled the administration could not indefinitely withhold congressionally funded aidCourt ordered the government to process overdue foreign-aid paymentsTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- The USAID shutdown halted Agent Orange cleanup at a major Vietnam contamination siteWorkers were dismissed and cleanup work stopped at Bien HoaTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- DOGE used law enforcement to seize the U.S. Institute of Peace headquartersA court later ordered control returned to USIP after finding the takeover unlawfulTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- A judge found Musk likely exercised officer-level power without constitutional appointmentPreliminary injunction issued; the Fourth Circuit later stayed itTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- The Fourth Circuit stayed the USAID Appointments Clause injunctionFourth Circuit stay permitted the restructuring to continue during the appealTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- Aid withdrawal collapsed trafficking and sexual-violence protection in MalawiFrontline protection organizations reported closures and sharply reduced coverageTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- USAID officially ceased independent operations and remaining work moved to StateRemaining programs operated through the State Departmentcompleted the operational closure and transfer · Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · reported · documented · 2 sources
- Lancet researchers projected 14.05 million additional deaths by 2030 under full USAID defundingCentral projection remains conditional on continued severe defunding through 2030Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
14,051,750 deathsAdditional all-age deaths under full USAID defunding · 2025-07-19
4,537,157 deathsAdditional under-five deaths nested within all-age projection · 2025-07-19
- Senate minority staff estimated $160,000 to destroy contraceptive supplies$160,000 minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
loss$160,000 to destroy contraceptive supplies$160,000 - Estimated loss source
- USAID commodity stock
- Estimated gain recipient
- Waste disposal
- Loss or cost borne by
- Intended health-program recipients and federal taxpayers
- Senate minority staff documented plans to destroy 496 metric tons of food$100,000 minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
lossSenate minority staff documented plans to destroy 496 metric tons of food$100,000 - Estimated loss source
- USAID commodity stock
- Estimated gain recipient
- Waste disposal
- Loss or cost borne by
- Intended food-aid recipients and federal taxpayers
- Senate minority staff estimated $298.1 million for USAID administrative leave$298.14 million minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
payment$298.1 million for USAID administrative leave$298.14 million - Estimated source
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- Estimated recipient
- Employees on administrative leave
- Financially affected
- Aid recipients, USAID operations, and taxpayers
- Senate minority staff estimated $109.7 million in spoiled or stranded USAID commodities$109.67 million minority-staff estimate through July 2025Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
loss$109.7 million in spoiled or stranded USAID commodities$109.67 million - Estimated loss source
- USAID and implementing partners
- Estimated gain recipient
- Spoilage, storage, and disposal
- Loss or cost borne by
- Humanitarian recipients and federal taxpayers
- About 136,000 refugees in Kenya received no food in a ration cycleHalf of Kakuma's population was excluded from food distribution in the reported cycleTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
about 136,000 peopleKakuma refugees receiving no food in reported cycle
- South Sudan's cholera epidemic killed nearly 1,600 after warned-about aid cutsSouth Sudan recorded its worst cholera epidemic, with nearly 1,600 official deathscut response funding after explicit outbreak warnings · Trump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · reported · documented · 1 source
nearly 1,600 deathsOfficial South Sudan cholera deaths
- Fifty-four children died with malnutrition complications after Kenya food-aid cutsClinic records identified 54 child deaths during the post-cut periodTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
54 deathsChild deaths with malnutrition complications
- White House personnel report lists Rubio as national security adviserNational security adviser in addition to secretary of state as of July 1, 2026Trump national security adviser · documented · 2 sources
- Experts linked USAID cuts to weaker detection and response in the 2026 DRC Ebola outbreakDRC outbreak response operated without prior U.S. surveillance and preparedness capacityTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source
- Nepal maternal and newborn services collapsed after USAID support endedAP documented deaths and service gaps in communities that lost supported careTrump-appointed secretary of state and acting USAID administrator · documented · 1 source