President-elect Trump plans to nominate GOP Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for secretary of state, according to sources.

Summary

Donald Trump is expected to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of state, according to sources.

Rubio, who has served in the Senate since 2011 and has substantial foreign policy experience, is viewed by State Department officials as unlikely to overly politicize the role.

Initially a critic of Trump, Rubio has since aligned closely with his agenda, including a more cautious stance on aid to Ukraine.

His confirmation is expected to proceed smoothly, as Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would appoint Rubio’s Senate replacement until the next election.

  • IHeartBadCode@fedia.io
    12·
    20 hours ago

    WHAAAAATTT?!

    Rubio? Dang. That’s a choice. There’s Romney, Paul, Barrasso, and Cruz that are some heavy hitters on the Committee on Foreign Relations and he went with Rubio? I mean shit, Rand Paul is who I would think would slide the best into Trump’s Sec. of State. There’s likely no one for Sec. of State that’s on Foreign Rel. that’s been more meticulous about the southern border that him. Additionally, the man is an easy pick for if you wanted to have someone sign a giant check from the US Treasury to Israel in the amount of ALL dollars.

    Rubio is a bit more slow paced. Don’t get me wrong, he wants a wall just as much, but he’d likely slow walk it to allow it to gain heavy media traction. Paul would just be like “Give me some fucking bricks”.

    is viewed by State Department officials as unlikely to overly politicize the role

    That is a massive understatement there.

    All I have to say is color me surprised by the choice. I mean, obviously Trump is going to tell Romney to eat shit, but shit if Foreign Rel. is where Trump was going for Sec. of State, I would have surely thought Paul would be a a perfect fit to Trump’s mannerisms.

      • Billiam@lemmy.world
        13·
        19 hours ago

        So’s Paul. Don’t forget that he made a solo trip to Russia in August 2017 to hand deliver a letter from Trump to Putin.

        Yes, a sitting US Senator was doing a job that the State Department ought to have been doing.

      • spamfajitas@lemmy.world
        5·
        19 hours ago

        Is he? He was pretty hyped about how well Ukraine did in the early days of the conflict, actively tweeting about all the insane stuff that was going on. I think he was criticized for maybe speaking a little too openly about stuff that wasn’t exactly public knowledge, but he didn’t seem like a Russian asset from that perspective.

        I would have just pegged him as another war hawk that probably uses an alt account on NCD. Maybe I missed something.