Florida Sen. Marco Rubio got the official nomination from Donald Trump on Wednesday as the next U.S. Secretary of State. His nomination had been leaked out a few days ago, but it was not official until today.
“He will be a strong Advocate for our Nation, a true friend to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who will never back down to our adversaries. I look forward to working with Marco to Make America, and the World, Safe and Great Again!” Trump wrote.
Rubio, who ran against Trump in 2016, was born in Miami in 1971, the son of Cuban immigrants. His father worked as a banquet bartender, and his mother was a hotel maid.
“From an early age, Rubio learned the importance of faith, family, community, and dignified work to the good life,” Trump’s announcement said. “Rubio was drawn to public service in large part because of conversations with his grandfather, who saw his homeland destroyed by communism. After meeting and marrying his wife Jeanette—and earning degrees from the University of Florida and the University of Miami Law School—Rubio served as a city commissioner in West Miami and Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. In 2010, he won a seat in the U.S. Senate.”
Although he must be confirmed by the Senate, that should be a fairly easy process, as Rubio is well-respected among his peers.
He is a decade younger than current Secretary of State Antony Blinken, whose political alliances go back to the Clinton Administration, when he served in senior positions at the State Department.
What an awful pic. Unless he is going to fire him asap.
Marco is good. Maybe we can hold his old job for him for 4 years.
Boy, oh boy, the 100 million bucks that Miriam Adelson’s PAC donated to the Trump campaign is paying off in spades judging by his cabinet picks! Little Marco Rubio has been a consistent, war mongering, interventionist neocon his entire political career. He makes Hillary Clinton look sane.
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