Senior Official Jeremy Lewin
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@UnderSecretaryF
Official acct of the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs & Religious Freedom (F). TOU: https://t.co/H5T8k8jFCY
.@POTUS: "Honoring the British King might seem an ironic beginning to our celebration of 250 years of American independence — but in fact, no tribute could be more appropriate. Long before Americans had a nation or Constitution, we first had a culture, a character, and a creed. Before we ever proclaimed our independence, Americans carried within us the rarest of gifts: moral courage, and it came from a small but mighty kingdom from across the sea."
SECRETARY RUBIO: Things can get better in Cuba with serious economic reforms, but not with the current people in charge. They are economically incompetent. They've rolled out the welcome mat to our adversaries to operate in Cuban territory against our national interests with impunity.
SECRETARY RUBIO: Things can get better in Cuba with serious economic reforms, but not with the current people in charge. They are economically incompetent. They've rolled out the welcome mat to our adversaries to operate in Cuban territory against our national interests with impunity.
It's true: Humanitarian aid isn't great at driving economic growth. What it excels at is saving lives. And what the Trump administration is good at is dismantling aid efforts that saved lives. A BU estimate is that more than half a million children have died so far as a result.
I was glad to join @USAmbUN in the launch of the “Trade Over Aid” initiative. At @DFCgov, we believe that nations must lead their own economic development, that mutually-beneficial private sector partnerships build durable, self-sustaining economies, and that exporting the American free-market system drives economic growth, strength, and goodwill worldwide.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on from just outside the West Wing, as White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt briefs reporters in the driveway of the White House.
On Friday, @StateDeptGHSD released its first wave of PEPFAR data, covering July-Sept 2025, after State took over USAID’s lifesaving health programs. Contrary to false media narratives, the data shows that President Trump’s foreign assistance review maintained and improved frontline lifesaving programs, while reducing NGO bloat and costs. During this transition period; - 20.6 million people w/ HIV received PEPFAR-supported antiretroviral treatment, exactly as many as during Biden’s last year - Early progress towards @SecRubio’s ambitious goal of ending mother-to-child transmission of HIV during @POTUS Trump’s second term, with preventive treatment initiated for 103k expectant/breastfeeding mothers, more than 2x as many as the same period a year earlier - Good initial progress moving programs, particularly in the treatment and testing space, to national health ministries as we champion self-reliance among health assistance countries This is all before the transformational investments in global health innovation and self-reliance made via the America First Global Health Strategy. Launched in Sept 2025, we have already signed 31 bilateral compacts worth more than $21 billion in U.S. commitments and country co-investment, and announced historic new innovation initiatives like our partnership with Gilead Sciences to get 3 million people in high-burden countries its new 99.9% effective twice yearly HIV prevention drug Lenacapavir. state.gov/releases/offic…
