Trump expected to select Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of state: Sources
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.
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pfitz59
(10,908 posts)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
(15,150 posts)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
(102,563 posts)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
(237 posts)Except DeSantis will name himself Senator.
highplainsdem
(52,546 posts)hay rick
(8,241 posts)GreenWave
(9,263 posts)fake because his family arrived way before Castro yet he pretended and got the Cubans to vote for him.
Texin
(2,658 posts)joanbarnes
(1,887 posts)33taw
(2,851 posts)Marthe48
(19,114 posts)Nt
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(115,646 posts)moniss
(5,928 posts)it wouldn't surprise me if somewhere in Florida a delusional dictator is screaming I want this Captain Peachfuzz guy for Joint Chiefs!!!!
usregimechange
(18,497 posts)Petty. Exactly how he is.