Rubio said the US had to balance global humanitarian rescue work with "other needs" and "other priorities" that were in the US national interests. "There's a lot of other rich countries in the world, they should all be pitching in. We're going to do our part. We already have people there. We'll have more people there. We'll help as much as we can [but] it's not the easiest place to work… they have a military junta that doesn't like us," Rubio said.
lørdag 5. april 2025
Rubio dismisses criticism over US response to Myanmar quake
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has dismissed accusations that Washington was left unable to help in the Myanmar earthquake due to the Donald Trump administration's shuttering of its humanitarian aid agency. Asked by the BBC why the US had not meaningfully responded, as it routinely has to past such disasters, Rubio said "we are not the government of the world". Earlier this week, former officials at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said the US was left unable to send rescuers and dogs due to the agency's dismantling.
Rubio said the US had to balance global humanitarian rescue work with "other needs" and "other priorities" that were in the US national interests. "There's a lot of other rich countries in the world, they should all be pitching in. We're going to do our part. We already have people there. We'll have more people there. We'll help as much as we can [but] it's not the easiest place to work… they have a military junta that doesn't like us," Rubio said.
Rubio said the US had to balance global humanitarian rescue work with "other needs" and "other priorities" that were in the US national interests. "There's a lot of other rich countries in the world, they should all be pitching in. We're going to do our part. We already have people there. We'll have more people there. We'll help as much as we can [but] it's not the easiest place to work… they have a military junta that doesn't like us," Rubio said.
