Department Press Briefing - April 22, 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Region-specific functions will be consolidated to increase functionality, redundant offices will be removed, and non-statutory programs that are misaligned with America's core national interests will cease to exist.
62% : So nothing has really changed in that regard except it's a little bit more specific and obvious when it comes to the nature of my work.
56% : MS BRUCE: Sure. QUESTION:
56% : MS BRUCE: Sure. QUESTION:
56% : MS BRUCE: Sure. QUESTION:
55% : President Trump has expressed optimism about what's possible.
53% : And we had a discussion earlier today with some more background on this that also for State Department personnel - everyone in the building - will be receiving, of course, this statement, and there is an opinion piece that is available from the Secretary at the new State Department Substack link, and that is State - D-E-P-T.Substack.com.
49% : So I would say for embassies and consulates and the world itself, as they're already seeing when it comes to the way that President Trump operates, the way that Secretary Rubio operates, it's about faster results with, I think, a more nimble effort.
47% : The sprawling bureaucracy created a system more beholden to radical political ideology than advancing America's core national interests.
37% : Does the new State Department under President Trump no longer sees that as a mission?
27% : President Trump wants this to be solved diplomatically.

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