President-elect Donald Trump with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) earlier this month. Rubio is Trump’s decide for Secretary of State.
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President-elect Donald Trump with U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) earlier this month. Rubio is Trump’s decide for Secretary of State.
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When in comparison with a few of president-elect Trump’s different cupboard picks, Senator Marco Rubio for Secretary of State is a fairly standard selection.
He is a veteran politician who served on the overseas relations and intelligence committees for over a decade, and he is been a loyal Trump backer all through this 12 months’s marketing campaign.
However while you look again at Marco Rubio throughout his 2016 presidential marketing campaign, there is a putting distinction.
When he ran towards Trump in 2016, Rubio known as him a con artist, and described his type of management as harmful. Now, he’ll work for him.
Marco Rubio’s political evolution is indicative of how the Republican Celebration has remade itself round Donald Trump, and it provides some clues about how he might function because the nation’s high diplomat.
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This episode was produced by Connor Donevan.
It was edited by Courtney Dorning
Our govt producer is Sami Yenigun.
