In a surprising turn of the destination, Marco Rubio has gone from being a bitter presidential rival to the reference type of President Donald Trump.
At the beginning of the new administration, current and former officials speculated that Rubio would be one of the first cabinet officials who show the door, since his first credentials in America were questioned in terms of Givyly Awkish foreign policy opinions.
Instead, Rubio has only continued to find the president’s favor, so much that he now has four unprecedented differential rolls within the administration.
“When I have a problem, I call Marco. It solves it,” Trump joked earlier this month.
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In a turn of the events that have shocked many, Marco Rubio has increasingly become the boy of President Donald Trump. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
First, Rubio hit the Secretary of State with a 99-0 Senate confirmation. Then, Trump and his team dismantled USAID and merged him under the leadership of the Rubios State Department, naming him as an interim director. Subsequently, the secretary was used to lead the national archives in a capacity for action, and starting last week, he has also replaced Mike Waltz as an interim national security advisor.
“This is an expression of confidence,” said Andrew Taber, former state official of the State and the National Security Council (NSC). “It is a sign that the president like the Rubio Secretary, despite the probabilities.”
Trump has suggested that the interim agreement could last up to six months, and although it may be an expression of the president’s confidence in Rubio, some question the white person can juggle with roles of four fine profit.
“Marco Rubio is very talented, but one can do that,” said Joel Rubin, former state department official.
Henry Kissinger was the last person to serve as a state and national security advisor, who occupied both roles for more than two years from 1975 to 1977. But that was half a century ago, and the threats facing the nation only multiplied.
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Rubio has continued to find the president’s favor, so much that he now has four unprecedented different roles within the administration. (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein/Photo File)
Rubin, which served under democratic and republican administrations, described the workload “not just for the individual, not just for the taxpayer, and is not fair with President Trump, who needs solid and independent advice of a national security advisor.”
“The president has gathered an incredible talented team that is fully to put the United States and Americans first,” said a senior state department official in response to an investigation into the many duties of Rubio. “The Rubio Secretary hopes to serve as his interim national security advisor while guaranteeing that the critical work of the mission in the State Department continues uninterrupted.”
The National Security Advisor is traditionally the closest assistant of the president on matters of war, peace and global crisis, located near the Oval Office and is ready for letter to the President at any time. That proximity is difficult to accumulate when the same person is flying abroad for diplomatic missions.
“If you have to fly to Pakistan to stop a nuclear war, then the president’s national security advisor, who is regular is sitting beside her, is not there.”
The reorganization follows a broader jolt within the National Security Council, which lost Waltz, to the attached advisor Alex Wong and several employees in early April. That slimming of the staff, several sources said, has only aggravated the bets.
“There are important national security problems in three different theaters. Europe, the Middle East and Asia. A hot war, one is a half hot war, and is really getting tense in Asia,” said a former NSC official. “The president’s national security team needs to be completed, and many people in the state and the DOD must still be confirmed.”
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The National Security Advisor “is one of the closest relations of the president,” said Michael Allen, former special assistant of the president and senior director of NSC. “The National Security Advisor must be close to the President all the time. Or at least capable of letter to the President all the time. So this is more duties for blond and are already short hand.”
Even so, everyone said that the president’s personal comfort with his main national security assistant can overcome structural conerns, for now.
“If the president feels Rubio needs there, then this is a good solution,” he said everything. “At least for the short and medium term.”
However, others say that Rubio’s promotion could be more symbolic than operational, particularly in a White House where influence does not always coincide with work titles.
Michael Waltz was replaced as National Security Advisor by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. (Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein)
“I think it’s not,” can Marco Rubio do four jobs? “It’s”, is you allowed to do your only job, which is the Secretary of State? “,” Said Mark Feierstein, former Usaid official. “Foreign homologists can see it as pleasant at meetings, but they don’t necessarily think you can deliver.”
Feierstein pointed out the dismantling of USAID, the emergence of informal advisors such as Stephen Miller and the proliferation of special envoys such as Steve Witkoff that overlook Rubio completely. “You have many people who directly report to Trump or others. So now it’s just chaos,” he said.
Even Rubio’s ideological positioning raises questions. Rubio has presented a staunch of Hawk’s foreign policy in the Senate, Rubio has presented in recent months in a foreign policy apparatus that includes Disclosure to Russia and the dramatic cuts of the State Department, the movements that once opposed once.
“He has decided accommodation,” said Feierstein.
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But Rubio’s ability to meet the voters where they are, and serve as the president’s happy warrior, can be the key to his longevity. Entering voices such as National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard and vice president JD Vance on foreign policy would only cause more headaches for the president.
Tabling, meanwhile, was still optimistic. “Rubio is energetic, he knows problems. He is working on foreign policy for years,” he said. “It is a positive signal. But how long a person can do that job, and under what circumstances, it depends on it.”
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