{"id":2368593,"date":"2024-11-13T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-marco-rubio-for-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:59:21","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T20:59:21","slug":"trump-nominates-marco-rubio-for-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-nominates-marco-rubio-for-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump nominates Marco Rubio for secretary of state &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-nominates-marco-rubio-for-secretary-of-state-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2368593&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President-elect Donald Trump has\u200b nominated Senator \u200bMarco Rubio (R-FL) for the position \u200bof Secretary of State. Despite a competitive \u2063history during\u2062 the 2016 Republican primaries, Rubio has \u2064emerged as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-yet-to-endorse-a-florida-republican-congressional-candidate\/\" title=\"DeSantis yet to Endorse a Florida Republican Congressional Candidate\">trusted ally<\/a> of Trump in recent \u2064years. This \u200dnomination comes amid\u2063 a cabinet development process featuring several figures critical of China, highlighting Rubio&#8217;s own experience of\u200d having been\u2062 sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Party. In a \u2064statement, \u200dTrump expressed his confidence\u200c in Rubio\u2063 as \u2064a strong\u200b advocate for U.S. interests and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iraq-on-the-verge-of-being-lost-to-iran-gop-leaders-warn\/\" title=\"GOP leaders warn that Iraq is on the brink of being lost to Iran.\">steadfast\u2062 ally<\/a> for freedom. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">announcement received bipartisan approval<\/a>, including support from Democrats\u2064 like Senator John \u200bFetterman and Senator Mark Warner, who \u200cacknowledged Rubio&#8217;s qualifications\u2062 and experience. Additionally, Trump&#8217;s meeting with President Joe Biden \u200don the same day underscored a contrast to the\u2064 previous election transition.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump nominates Marco Rubio for secretary of state<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1879670\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> announced Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a> (R-FL) as his pick to be his secretary of state on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rubio&rsquo;s nomination had been&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;earlier in the week, despite his own rocky history with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-kelly-same-people-criticizing-trump-peddled-russia-collusion-hoax\/\" title=\"Mike Kelly: Same People Criticizing Trump Peddled Russia Collusion Hoax\">president-elect<\/a>. The two leaders were fierce rivals during the 2016 Republican presidential primary, though Rubio has become a trusted Trump ally in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3223892\/president-elect-donald-trump-cabinet-picks-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHO WILL SERVE IN PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP&rsquo;S CABINET? WHAT WE KNOW<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He joins a growing Trump Cabinet filled with China hawks. Rubio himself has twice been sanctioned by the Communist Party of China.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Marco is a Highly Respected Leader, and a very powerful Voice for Freedom,&rdquo; Trump wrote in a statement. &ldquo;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!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump met with President Joe Biden at the White House on Wednesday morning for a presidential transition meeting. Trump himself did not offer Biden the same courtesy following the 2020 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The Rubio announcement is the first of Trump&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3223230\/trump-potential-picks-lead-justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Cabinet<\/a> picks to earn praise from the opposite side of the aisle.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said Tuesday that while he does not agree with Rubio in all policy areas, he was pleased by the pick and plans to vote for his confirmation next year.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have worked with Marco Rubio for more than a decade on the Intelligence Committee, particularly closely in the last couple of years in his role as Vice Chairman, and while we don&rsquo;t always agree, he is smart, talented, and will be a strong voice for American interests around the globe,&rdquo; Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) added in his own statement.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE), a senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he hoped to confirm Rubio &ldquo;as quickly as possible.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s appeasement-first foreign policy made America weaker and less safe,&rdquo; Ricketts wrote. &ldquo;In contrast, Senator Rubio is clear-eyed about the threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. He is the perfect candidate to help President Trump restore American strength abroad.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump has been announcing administration postings, specifically in the national security world, with relative frequency this week after naming Susie Wiles to be his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">White House<\/a> chief of staff on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump additionally nominated Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney general, Gov. Kristi Noem (R-SD) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-biden-to-unveil-immigration-agenda-next-tuesday\/\" title=\"Psaki: Biden to unveil immigration agenda next Tuesday\">homeland security secretary<\/a>, former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director Tom Homan for &ldquo;border czar,&rdquo; Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) for ambassador to the United Nations, and Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) for national security adviser.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1879670\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1879670\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump selects Marco Rubio as secretary of state<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2368594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-rubio.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34360,9134,35945,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2368593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-marco-rubio","tag-nomination","tag-secretary-of-state","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/trump-rubio.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368593"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368593\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368597,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368593\/revisions\/2368597"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}