“US President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 13 that he would nominate Republican Senator Marco Rubio for the post of Secretary of State.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I look forward to working together, deepening the mutually beneficial strategic partnership between Ukraine and the United States and promoting peace through strength in Ukraine and around the world,” the Ukrainian diplomat wrote on the X network on September 14.
US President-elect Donald Trump announced on November 13 that he would nominate Republican Senator Marco Rubio for the position of Secretary of State.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, we will ensure peace through strength and always put the interests of Americans and America first,” Marco Rubio wrote in response to the nomination.
53-year-old Marco Rubio is the son of Cuban immigrants, one of the supporters of the active foreign policy of the United States. He is known for his sharp criticism of authoritarian regimes – Chinese, Iranian, Cuban. During the first presidential term of Donald Trump, Rubio was one of the initiators of a bill that complicates the procedure for the US to withdraw from NATO membership. It was a response to President Trump’s skepticism about NATO. However, later Rubio expressed views similar to those of Donald Trump on international issues.
In April of this year, he was one of 15 Republican senators who voted against the allocation of a $95 billion aid package to Ukraine and Israel. In his recent interviews, he said that Ukraine needs to focus on reaching an agreement with Russia, even if it does not lead to the return of all Ukrainian territory occupied by Russia. The conflict, he said, “needs to be ended.”
“I’m not a supporter of Russia, but unfortunately the reality is that the war in Ukraine will end with a peace agreement,” Rubio said in a recent interview with NBC.
Donald Trump won the US presidential election, the change of administration and transfer of power should take place on January 20.