Rubio’s firing of Marocco ignites a MAGA world meltdown

 https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/18/marco-rubio-peter-marocco-usaid-firing-00297812

In the days since his ouster, Marocco’s MAGA allies have come to his defense and raised new suspicions of Rubio, including questions about why he would want to protect USAID and whether he’s loyal to the president.

The anger directed at Rubio by MAGA firebrands provides a vivid illustration of the ongoing feud between MAGA world and the conservatives they view as too much a part of the establishment they want dismantled. And the two men clashed over the Department of Government Efficiency’s gutting of USAID, one of the first and most visceral examples of the second Trump administration’s more aggressive, burn-it-down approach to the federal bureaucracy. As Rubio maintains what many believe is a shaky hold on his power in the Cabinet, Marocco’s ouster may further weaken his position with some of the loyalists in Trump’s ear.