Rubio is a lock for Senate confirmation for the same reasons he was a controversial selection within the MAGA universe. Among the major Cabinet nominees, he’s the most traditional, qualified pick Trump has made. Members of both sides trust him not to do anything too, well, disruptive.
He’s being undermined by fellow Republicans, and that’s before he shows up to lead a workforce Trump distrusts.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has selected Attorney General Ashley Moody to succeed U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, should Rubio be confirmed as Secretary of State. Moody, 49, has served under Governor DeSantis for five years. If she chooses to remain ...
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), faced an unusually chummy Senate ... of challenges from within the Trump administration, especially a MAGA base that is suspicious of him. So there’s little value for ...
Neither Lara Trump nor Vivek Ramaswamy will join the Senate. But it’s likely the president-elect didn’t really go to the mat for their appointments.
Marco Rubio offered Britain and other Western states a stark view of the next four years: they will be dealing with a self-interested ally unafraid of flexing its muscles
By contrast, Marco Rubio, nominee for secretary of State ... even the most controversial ones. MAGA activists have mounted an aggressive pressure campaign, blitzing senators' offices with ...
Trump will go after whatever issue he believes pleases his base, at whatever time. Beyond MAGA, Trump has no ideology, no platform, no blueprint for foreign policy - Anadolu Ajansı
Congratulations, Marco Rubio! You’ll soon be secretary of State ... Rubio already is being undermined — through push-back from Trump’s MAGA base, the naming of other Trump appointees with overlapping portfolios as well as the essentially weak ...
Florida Senator Marco Rubio is unlikely to last longer than a year or two as Donald Trump’s top diplomat. Rubio, whose confirmation hearing as Secretary of State is scheduled for Wednesday, is viewed suspiciously by a MAGA base that sees him as “too hawkish and interventionist,
WASHINGTON (AP) — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is promising to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state, vowing in his confirmation hearing ...