Marco Rubio, U.S. secretary of State, has led budget trimming at the State Department. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Overseas travel decreased from $206 million from January-September 2024 to $149 million.
Site visits and consultations overseas were down around $12.5 million and travel for training was down around $15 million.
"The Trump Administration has consistently been on the side of the American people and the American taxpayer, and these numbers prove that," principal deputy spokesperson Tommy Piggot said.
"We believe in real diplomacy, not meetings for the sake of meetings."
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A group of people protest a reduction in force affecting workers at the State Department. (REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst)
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The plan would reduce the budget from about $55 billion to $28.4 billion, slash funding for humanitarian assistance and global health programs by more than 50%, and potentially shut down or significantly scale back dozens of U.S. missions abroad.
And as of July, the department had initiated layoffs of over 1,300 domestic staff.
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