Trump’s plans to revive the American system were undermined by leakers and turncoats at the State Department

The first Trump administration’s plans to revive the American system were undermined by leakers and turncoats who sought to preserve the status quo.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has announced the most aggressive reorganization of the State Department in modern American history.

Rubio aims to decrease that number to 604 with the closure of 132 offices.

The nearly 20% reduction in State Department offices will come with the elimination of 700 civil service and foreign service employees.

Rubio 's reforms have the potential to be bigger and better than the deal struck between Jesse Helms , R-N.C., and then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in the late Clinton years .

By 2021 , the State Department saw a 2,000 -person drop in foreign service staffers and still fewer reductions in civil service staff.