{"id":2585933,"date":"2026-04-01T05:36:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-deploys-marco-rubio-to-clarify-messaging-about-iran-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T05:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:37:10","slug":"white-house-deploys-marco-rubio-to-clarify-messaging-about-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-deploys-marco-rubio-to-clarify-messaging-about-iran-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fwhite-house-deploys-marco-rubio-to-clarify-messaging-about-iran-conflict%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=2585933&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>The White House has tasked Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is serving as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lack-of-leadership-is-the-greatest-threat-to-the-nation-gen-keith-kellogg\/\" title=\"\u2018Lack of Leadership\u2019 Is the Greatest Threat to the Nation: Gen. Keith Kellogg\">acting national security adviser<\/a>, with clarifying the administration\u2019s messaging about the military operation in Iran. In a video posted on the White House\u2019s social media, Rubio explains that Iran seeks nuclear weapons and has pursued a covert program despite offers for peaceful energy, outlining why the united States took action. He describes the February 28 strike, dubbed Operation Epic Fury, as the \u201clast best chance\u201d to destroy Iran\u2019s conventional missile and drone shield before its capabilities could be leveraged to advance a nuclear program. Rubio argues the attack was necessary to prevent Iran from building a formidable defense that would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stimulus-update-direct-payment-worth-1312-to-be-sent-to-some-alaska-residents-in-15-days\/\" title=\"Alaska residents to receive ,312 direct payment in 15 days\">hinder future efforts<\/a> to curb its nuclear ambitions, and to compel the world to take the Iran threat seriously. The piece presents Rubio\u2019s framing of the rationale as a risk-based decision, emphasizing the goal of ensuring Iran does not <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >obtain nuclear weapons<\/a>.  <\/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\">White House deploys Marco Rubio to clarify messaging about Iran conflict<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2548293\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\/\">Marco Rubio<\/a> has been tasked with many responsibilities since President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> began his second term in January 2025. In addition to his duties as secretary of state, he is also the acting national security advisor, appointed to the position to replace Mike Waltz. On Wednesday, the White House gave Rubio his latest assignment: to clarify messaging about the military operation in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran<\/a>. He did so in a video posted to the White House&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media accounts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many Americans are asking, &lsquo;Why did the United States have to attack Iran now?&rsquo;&rdquo; Rubio said in the opening of the video clip. &ldquo;Well, let me explain.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/investigations\/4509505\/border-patrol-chief-michael-banks-prostitution-allegations-by-agents\/\">Border Patrol chief Michael Banks hit with prostitution allegations by agents<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4512013\/university-of-pennsylvania-ordered-provide-names-of-jewish-employees\/\">University of Pennsylvania ordered to provide names of Jewish employees to federal agency<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4511280\/cory-booker-calls-on-americans-to-stand-up-at-new-york-city-book-tour-stop\/\">Cory Booker calls on Americans to &lsquo;stand up&rsquo; at New York City book tour stop<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Iran wants to have nuclear weapons,&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;Of that, there is zero doubt. If what they truly wanted, which is what they claim, is nuclear energy, well they could have nuclear energy like all the other countries in the world have it, and that is you import the fuel, and you build reactors above ground. That&rsquo;s not what Iran has done.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From Day One, the mission was crystal clear: This was the final, best chance to wipe out Iran&rsquo;s threat for good &ndash; so they can never have a nuclear weapon.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecRubio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SecRubio<\/a> breaks it down &#11015;&#65039; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eChlkRPzyb\">pic.twitter.com\/eChlkRPzyb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2039077626489303096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;They build their reactors and their facilities deep in mountains, away from the public glare, and they want to enrich that material,&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;The same equipment that they can use to enrich material for energy, they can use to quickly enrich it to weapons-grade. So it&rsquo;s been clear they&rsquo;ve been offered every opportunity to have a nuclear program that allows it to have energy, not weapons, and every single time they have turned it down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But, why the attack now?&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;Well, what was Iran trying to do? Iran was trying to build a conventional shield, and in essence have so many missiles, have so many drones, that no one could attack them, and they were well on their way. We were on the verge of an Iran that had so many missiles and so many drones that no one could do anything about their nuclear weapons program in the future. That was an intolerable risk.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Rubio then explained the reasoning behind the decision to attack Iran with the launch of Operation Epic Fury on Feb. 28. In doing so, the secretary of state emphasized that it was about risk calculation, emphasizing that it was too dangerous a proposition to allow Iran to fortify its air defenses while rehabilitating and enhancing its nuclear weapons programs. He called it the &ldquo;last best chance&rdquo; to counter Iran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congress-probes-role-of-sanctions-on-iranian-backed-terrorism\/\" title=\"Congress investigates impact of sanctions on ...ian-backed terrorism.\">nuclear ambitions effectively<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4509362\/houthis-entry-iran-war-oil-red-sea-strait-of-hormuz\/\">HOUTHIS&rsquo; ENTRY INTO IRAN WAR COULD HAVE SIGNIFICANT REVERBERATIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under no circumstances can a country run by radical Shiite clerics with an apocalyptic vision of the future ever possess nuclear weapons,&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;And under no circumstances can they be allowed to hide and protect that program and their ambitions behind a shield of missiles and drones that no one can do anything about. This was our last best chance to eliminate that conventional threat, that conventional shield that they were trying to build and the president made the right decision to wipe it out now.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is the goal of this operation to destroy their conventional missiles and their drone program, so they can&rsquo;t hide behind it and finally have to deal with the world seriously about never, ever having nuclear weapons,&rdquo; Rubio said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>White House asks Rubio to clarify Iran messaging<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2585934,"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\/2026\/03\/AP26066574984102.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3823,34360,32127],"class_list":["post-2585933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-iran","tag-marco-rubio","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26066574984102.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585933","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\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585933"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585937,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585933\/revisions\/2585937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}