Trump expected to select Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state: Sources

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: ABC News

November 11, 2024, 8:57 PM


President-elect Donald Trump is expected to announce his intention to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., for secretary of state, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Rubio, 53, has served in the Senate since 2011. He is currently the vice-chair of the Senate Select Committee on Foreign Intelligence and also sits on the chamber's Committee on Foreign Relations.

Several long-serving State Department officials tell ABC News they respect Rubio's extensive foreign policy experience and view him as unlikely to overly politicize the secretary of state role.

Rubio was also said to be favored for the role by Trump's chief of staff and veteran Florida political operative Susie Wiles, potentially helping the lawmaker edge out loyalists from the first Trump administration like former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell and former National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-select-sen-marco-rubio-secretary-state-sources/story?id=115728323

[pfitz59]

1. Little Trump licking Marco

His kowtowing to Trump after being insulted in the debate will not go unnoticed. I doubt he'll have much clout with foreign leaders.

[Journeyman]

2. Let's hope the State Dept. officials are correct. What bothers me is a one word description of Rubio . . .

Malleable.

Donald Trump will mold "Little Marco" into whatever shape he desires. Rubio may be disinclined to "overly politicize" the State Department, but that certainly doesn't account for Donald Trump's whims. Like Cartman, Trump's out of control and he does what he wants.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. He seems a lightweight to me, and I'm surprised to seem "extensive foreign policy experience" mentioned

He doesn't ever seem to have come up in news about the world outside the US. But Grenell is a nutter, so that would be one thing in Rubio's favour.

[Akakoji]

4. Better than anyone else mentioned

Except DeSantis will name himself Senator.

[highplainsdem]

5. Or Lara Trump will be appointed senator & then Rubio will be kicked aside & replaced with a loyalist.

That's what Ron Filipkowski and Aaron Rupar think could happen.

Link to tweet

[hay rick]

8. In the world according to Trump, Lara is owed big time.

[GreenWave]

6. So the fake Cuban refugee gets a big job.

fake because his family arrived way before Castro yet he pretended and got the Cubans to vote for him.

[Texin]

7. That would be laughable were it not so terrifying and vapid.

[joanbarnes]

9. ..won't this hurt the RePukelican Senate majority?

[33taw]

13. No, DeSantis will appoint some other republican asshole.

[Marthe48]

10. Guess the bigger incompetents said no

Nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. Another member of the Trump Kakistocracy

[moniss]

12. It gets more ridiculous as they go and

it wouldn't surprise me if somewhere in Florida a delusional dictator is screaming I want this Captain Peachfuzz guy for Joint Chiefs!!!!

[usregimechange]

14. May just be dangling it over his head like he did VP

Petty. Exactly how he is.