State Department is firing more than 1,300 staff on Friday

[GJGCA]

Source: CNN

The State Department has begun firing more than 1,300 people as part of a dramatic overhaul of the agency, according to a State Department official.

The firings will affect 1,107 civil service and 246 foreign service officers, an internal notice seen by CNN said. It comes as the State Department implements a drastic reorganization as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to shrink the federal government.

Hundreds of offices and bureaus are being eliminated or altered as a result of the changes being implemented on Friday.

Employees will receive layoff notices via email, the notice said. The firings are happening as Secretary of State Marco Rubio is out of Washington, DC, on a flight back from an overseas trip to Malaysia.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/11/politics/state-department-firings

[IronLionZion]

1. Diplomacy is for losers

winners just piss off everyone in the world apparently.

[Walleye]

3. Yes, I guess that's why there's absolutely no diplomacy in this administration. Not one even, low -level diplomat.

Joe Biden was so good at international diplomacy and the rest of the world was glad to see him. Now what we got?

[underpants]

5. Is the message here to Americans is don't travel?

This is actually like an abusive relationship. Don’t talk to the neighbors! They’ll fill your head with LIES!

Tourism is way down here because no one knows what in the hell might happen to them here.

I hate to sound paranoid but it’s like they are walking us in and everyone else out.

[Walleye]

2. They love firing people almost as much as they love beating up women and children

But they won’t even do it in person. They’re just doing it by email? What a bunch of pussy ass bitches

[underpants]

4. Damn. I kept putting off making an appointment for my daughter's Passport

[ancianita]

7. Passport services are being exempted from the layoffs; you might try it ASAP out of an abundance of caution.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/state-department-is-firing-over-1300-employees-under-trump-administration-plan

[underpants]

8. Yes. Thanks.

[Initech]

6. Ugh... this just gets worse every single day.

Fuck Trump and his stupid DOGE agency!