NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. This is their first conversation after the appointment of the head of the State Department, according to Rutte's X. "Good call from Davos with new Secretary of State Marco Rubio - great to have you on board!
Both sides agree that it will be Trump who decides if Rubio is MAGA enough to remain a member of his administration and represent his views around the world. He unceremoniously fired his first secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, via tweet, and has long made clear he views foreign policy as his domain.
Mr Rubio discussed the “dangerous and destabilising actions in the South China Sea” by China. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Senate voted on Monday to confirm Marco Rubio as President Donald Trump’s secretary of state, the first high-level Cabinet official for the new administration to be approved by the chamber.
Now-former Sen. Marco Rubio was sworn in Tuesday morning as secretary of state by Vice President JD Vance. He replaces Antony Blinken in the position. The Senate unanimously confirmed Rubio for the position on Monday hours after Trump took office for his second term. The vote was 99-0. No senators voted against Rubio, CNN reported.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was confirmed by the Senate to be the next secretary of state Monday night, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet picks to receive congressional approval.
The Senate voted Monday to confirm Republican Florida Sen. Marco Rubio as the 72nd U.S. secretary of state. The vote
Marco Rubio was overwhelming confirmed by the Senate as secretary of State to Donald Trump. He becomes the global face of Trump's foreign policy.
Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of ... testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Asked about NATO, the 75-year-old security organization that Trump has repeatedly ...
Donald Trump has threatened Vladimir Putin with ending his invasion of Ukraine “the hard way” unless the Russian leader comes to the table and agrees a peace deal.ln his usual bombastic style, the US president has called for the “ridiculous” war to stop now,
The new secretary of state met with his counterparts from Australia, India, and Japan after being sworn in Tuesday.