Shortly after becoming Secretary of State, it was reported in Bloomberg that Rex Tillerson was shocked at the cost of housing diplomats and planned to ax 2,300 diplomat and civil service jobs, reducing the number of people employed by the State Department by about 9 percent worldwide.  The staff reductions come as part of a rethinking of the State Department and reflect a widely held conservative belief that the department has become bloated and lost sight of its purpose.  The layoffs are part of the Trump administration’s plans to slash the department’s budget by about 30 percent.  Putin is helping the Trump administration fulfill its plans by kicking out the 755 employees.