{"id":2369315,"date":"2024-11-15T08:08:59","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-adversaries-dont-want-rubio-to-be-secretary-of-state\/"},"modified":"2024-11-15T08:09:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:09:48","slug":"americas-adversaries-dont-want-rubio-to-be-secretary-of-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/americas-adversaries-dont-want-rubio-to-be-secretary-of-state\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Adversaries Don&#8217;t Want Rubio To Be Secretary Of State"},"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\">20<\/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%2Famericas-adversaries-dont-want-rubio-to-be-secretary-of-state%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=2369315&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&#8217;s nomination of Senator Marco Rubio \u2062as Secretary of State is generating concern among U.S. adversaries, particularly China, Cuba, and Iran, due to Rubio\u2019s \u200chardline stance on foreign policy.\u2064 Rubio,\u2063 a Florida\u200b Republican and a senator since 2011, is noted for his tough criticisms and legislative actions against China\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-owned-spyware-firms-blacklisted-by-us-commerce-department-over-national-security-risks\/\" title=\"US Commerce Department blacklists Israeli spyware firms due to national security risks.\">human \u2063rights abuses<\/a> and aggression. His nomination\u200d would \u200clikely influence U.S. foreign relations significantly.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio\u2019s career has been marked by a focus on combating the Chinese Communist \u2064Party, including introducing \u200dvarious bills to counter its influence. \u200bHe has faced sanctions \u200dfrom Beijing for his outspoken views,\u200b further highlighting the contentious nature of his \u200cpolicies. \u200cDespite the challenges, Rubio remains\u200c steadfast in his support for American values and national security.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to his position on China,\u200d Rubio \u2062is a strong\u2062 supporter \u2062of Israel and has expressed unwavering opposition to Hamas, contrasting sharply with more cautious approaches from other\u2064 leaders. He is also known for his critical remarks \u200dregarding Russian actions and has shown adaptability in foreign policy debates, notably by questioning unconditional military support for\u200c Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio&#8217;s\u200d potential confirmation as\u200c Secretary of State\u2062 would not\u2063 only symbolize a major shift in U.S. foreign\u2063 policy but\u200c also put pressure on China to reconsider its stance, as \u2062he \u200bwould be the first Secretary\u200b of State under\u2063 sanctions from\u2064 Beijing. The situation illustrates a \u2062broader geopolitical landscape where U.S. adversaries are anxious about the implications of Rubio&#8217;s \u200bhawkish approach \u2062and commitments to American \u200binterests.  <\/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<div>\n<p>News that President-elect Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-administration-senior-staff-0c65537ce9cd79194f1bcf60aad88f92\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">nominated<\/a> Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to be his secretary of state is causing heartburn among U.S. adversaries because Rubio is known for his hawkish stand towards China, Cuba, and Iran. If confirmed, Rubio&rsquo;s nomination could significantly shape U.S. foreign policy, particularly regarding these countries.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio, the son of a Cuban exile, has been a U.S. senator since 2011. His personal journey, often described as an American Dream coming true, resonates with many.<\/p>\n<p>After losing to Trump in the 2016 Republican primary, Rubio shifted his focus to U.S. foreign policy, serving on the Senate Intelligence Committee and Foreign Relations Committee. His hardline approach to U.S. adversaries, particularly China, has been a defining feature of his career.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio was <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2020\/07\/13\/china-sanctions-ted-cruz-marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">instrumental<\/a> in introducing bills to address the Chinese Communist Party&rsquo;s human rights abuses in Xinjiang, Tibet, and Hong Kong. Beijing was so upset by Rubio&rsquo;s outspokenness that it first <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2020\/07\/13\/china-sanctions-ted-cruz-marco-rubio\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">imposed sanctions<\/a> against Rubio and a few other Republican legislators in July 2020. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/10\/china-sanctions-11-us-citizens-including-marco-rubio-and-ted-cruz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sanctioned<\/a> Rubio again a month later, along with ten other U.S. citizens, in what they claimed was retaliation for the U.S. sanctions against 11 senior CCP and Hong Kong officials for their human rights abuses in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-53722811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted<\/a> in response: &ldquo;Last month China banned me. Today they sanctioned me. I don&rsquo;t want to be paranoid but I am starting to think they don&rsquo;t like me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>Taking a Stand<\/h2>\n<p>Undeterred by Beijing&rsquo;s sanction, Rubio continued to introduce <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/rubio-releases-agenda-to-confront-china-s-economic-aggression\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">several bills<\/a> &ldquo;to protect American consumers, workers, and investors from exploitation by the Chinese Communist Party.&rdquo; One such bill was to block&nbsp;Ford from using technology from Chinese battery company CATL to build a battery plant in Michigan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/10\/tech\/rubio-ford-china-battery-technology\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">saying<\/a> Ford&rsquo;s deal would &ldquo;only deepen U.S. reliance on the Chinese Communist Party for battery tech, and is likely designed to make the factory eligible for Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During a Senate hearing, Rubio grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray about TikTok, a popular app made in China. Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/08\/tech\/tiktok-china-taiwan-fbi\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a> that TikTok presents &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tiktok-screams-of-national-security-risks-fbi-director\/\" title=\"TikTok \u2018Screams\u2019 of National Security Risks: FBI Director\">substantial national security threat<\/a> for the country of a kind that we didn&rsquo;t face in the past.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In September this year, Rubio&rsquo;s office issued the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/The-World-China-Made.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> &ldquo;The World China Made: &lsquo;Made-in-China 2025&rsquo; nine years later,&rdquo; a follow-up to his 2019 report. Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/rubio-releases-report-the-world-china-made-made-in-china-2025-nine-years-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>, &ldquo;This report should serve as a wake-up call to lawmakers, CEOs, and investors. We need a whole-of-society effort to rebuild our country, overcome the China challenge, and keep the torch of freedom lit for generations to come.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubio.senate.gov\/rubio-calls-out-pwc-for-appeasing-communist-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sent a letter<\/a> to PwC Global, one of the world&rsquo;s major accounting and financial services firms, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Simultaneous engagements with foreign adversaries are unacceptable. PwC&rsquo;s apparent deep connections with CCP-controlled entities raise questions about conflicts of interest that could preclude PwC from executing any contract for U.S. federal and state government agencies with fidelity &hellip; Global firms, such as PwC, who have grown prosperous from a free and democratic order governed by American values, can no longer seek to cater to, and profit from, both sides of this conflict.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>China is clearly anxious about Rubio&rsquo;s likely confirmation. China&rsquo;s state media <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/mike-pompeo-who-riled-china-while-office-visit-taiwan-2022-02-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">describes<\/a> Rubio as the &ldquo;anti-China vanguard&rdquo; who &ldquo;has seized the domestic demand for &lsquo;anti-China&rsquo; in the United States and jumped up and down in various &lsquo;anti-China issues&rsquo; concocted by the US government to gain political capital.&rdquo; Should Rubio be confirmed as the secretary of state, he will become the first to hold that senior Cabinet position while being banned by Beijing from traveling to China (China <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/mike-pompeo-who-riled-china-while-office-visit-taiwan-2022-02-21\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">imposed sanctions<\/a> against former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo after he left the office). This will create a diplomatic embarrassment for Beijing. The CCP will have no choice but to walk back and remove the sanctions against Rubio if the party wishes to maintain any diplomatic contact with the world&rsquo;s most powerful nation.<\/p>\n<h2>Israel and Russia<\/h2>\n<p>Beijing isn&rsquo;t the only U.S. adversary wary of Rubio&rsquo;s nomination. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/davereaboi\/status\/1856153899595407735\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">viral video<\/a> circulating on social media, when pro-Palestinian protestors cornered Rubio in a hallway and demanded he denounce Israel&rsquo;s &ldquo;genocide&rdquo; in Gaza, he wasn&rsquo;t intimidated. Instead, he declared that he wanted Israel to &ldquo;destroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on. These people [Hamas] are vicious animals, who did horrific crimes.&rdquo; Rubio&rsquo;s morally clear response and unwavering support of Israel is a refreshing departure from President Joe Biden&rsquo;s cowardly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-reacts-palestinian-protesters-point-rcna145181\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">response<\/a> to pro-Palestinian protestors by claiming, &ldquo;They [protestors] have a point.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio is a known hawk toward Russia too. In the early days after Russia&rsquo;s invasion of Ukraine, Rubio referred to Russia&rsquo;s dictator Vladimir Putin as a &ldquo;killer&rdquo; in a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1497393912821915648?ref_src=twsrc%255Etfw%257Ctwcamp%255Etweetembed%257Ctwterm%255E1497393912821915648%257Ctwgr%255E39d207ec16050840f33a75a9e560346bf5b58aef%257Ctwcon%255Es1_&amp;ref_url=https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/11\/12\/how-marco-rubio-has-shapeshifted-to-embrace-trumps-foreign-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweet<\/a>. But Rubio demonstrated his pragmatism and flexibility this year by shifting away from unconditionally committing American resources to foreign wars. In April, he joined 14 other Republican senators to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/full-list-of-republican-senators-who-voted-against-ukraine-aid\/ar-AA1nz2Eq\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vote against<\/a> a $95 billion military aid package for Ukraine. In a recent interview, Rubio also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2024\/11\/12\/how-marco-rubio-has-shapeshifted-to-embrace-trumps-foreign-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urged<\/a> Ukraine to seek &ldquo;a negotiated settlement&rdquo; with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>By naming hawkish Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/betrayed-from-within-patrick-byrne-blasts-white-house-staff-after-attending-election-meeting-with-president-trump-sydney-powell-and-gen-flynn\/\" title=\"\u201cBetrayed From Within\u201d: Patrick Byrne Blasts White House Staff After Attending Election Meeting With President Trump, Sydney Powell and Gen. Flynn\">national security advisor<\/a> and nominating Rubio for secretary of state, President-elect Trump signals the direction of his foreign policy approach for his second term: No more of the Biden-Harris administration&rsquo;s appeasement; the Trump administration will project America&rsquo;s strength and protect America&rsquo;s interests without squandering America&rsquo;s resources on endless wars; and the administration will intensify its focus on strategic competition against China, a key aspect that will shape the next four years of U.S. foreign policy.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Helen Raleigh, CFA, is an American entrepreneur, writer, and speaker. She&#8217;s a senior contributor at The Federalist. Her writings appear in other national media, including The Wall Street Journal and Fox News.  Helen is the author of several books, including &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Confucius-Never-Said-Helen-Raleigh\/dp\/1499185278\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Helen+Raleigh+Confucius+Never+Said&amp;qid=1606079469&amp;sr=8-1\">Confucius Never Said<\/a>&#8221; and &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Backlash-How-Chinas-Aggression-Backfired\/dp\/1736008501\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1606006113&amp;sr=8-1\">Backlash: How Communist China&#8217;s Aggression Has Backfired<\/a>.&#8221; Her latest book is the 2nd edition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Broken-Welcome-Mat-unAmerican-immigration-ebook\/dp\/B0C44QSPJ9\/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3HFXEVT236ZRW&amp;keywords=The+Broken+welcome+mat+book&amp;qid=1683127487&amp;sprefix=the+broken+welcome+mat+book%2Caps%2C135&amp;sr=8-3\">&ldquo;The Broken Welcome Mat: America&rsquo;s UnAmerican immigration policy, and how we should fix it.&rdquo;<\/a>   Follow her on Parler and Twitter: @HRaleighspeaks.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump&#8217;s nomination of Rubio as secretary of state worries adversaries<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":536,"featured_media":2369316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/12992181763_f8eeb60094_k-e1731595558248.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5374,45060,5438,45059],"class_list":["post-2369315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-america","tag-foreignpolicy","tag-rubio","tag-secretaryofstate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/12992181763_f8eeb60094_k-e1731595558248.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369315","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\/536"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2369315"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369315\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2369319,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2369315\/revisions\/2369319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2369316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2369315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2369315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2369315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}