""For me personally, this is the most meaningful Labor Day of my life, as someone with four jobs," Rubio said to laughter. "It's true." Rubio is currently serving as secretary of state, acting national security adviser and acting archivist of the United States. Late last week, he handed off his fourth job — acting director of the U.S. Agency for International Development — to another administration official, who already had two other jobs himself."
"President Trump has a pattern of giving people in his administration multiple very big jobs. There are now at least a dozen administration officials serving in two jobs or more. There's Treasury Secretary/acting IRS Commissioner Scott Bessent; the Health and Human Services deputy secretary who is now also interim director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Jim O'Neill; Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who is now also the acting NASA administrator;"
Marco Rubio joked that Labor Day was the most meaningful of his life because he held four jobs. He serves as secretary of state, acting national security adviser and acting archivist of the United States, and briefly served as acting director of USAID before handing that role to another official with multiple positions. President Trump has repeatedly assigned multiple major roles to single officials, leaving at least a dozen officials in two or more jobs. Examples include Scott Bessent, Jim O'Neill, Sean Duffy and Jamieson Greer. Critics say double- and triple-hatting undermines effective government management and capacity.
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