Picture this: you’re trying to quietly sweep a story under the rug about cozying up with the world’s most infamous human trafficker—how would you do it? Because, honestly, the Trump administration’s recent actions at the State Department aren’t exactly subtle. Slashing over 1,300 staff positions, including members from the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons—the very unit battling human sex and labor trafficking—is like tossing the lifeboat overboard while the ship’s still sinking. For a quarter-century, this office has held countries accountable and empowered local heroes to fight one of the darkest crimes on earth. Yet now, with political priorities shifting faster than you can say “MAGA,” that annual trafficking report is MIA, and the mission seems on shaky ground. And poor Marco Rubio? Well, he’s the reluctant henchman in this bureaucratic tale, playing a role in a reshuffle that raises the question: when the administration’s own actions echo the crime it claims to fight, who’s left to protect the vulnerable? Buckle up—this one’s a wild ride. LEARN MORE
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