How Marco Rubio has shapeshifted to embrace Trump’s foreign policy
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The US senator appears to have softened his interventionist approach to foreign policy to fall in line with Trump’s stance.
The buzz in Washington is growing: United States President-elect Donald Trump, reports suggest, is about to pick Florida Senator Marco Rubio as his secretary of state.
Rubio, who serves on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Committee on Foreign Relations and is known for his hawkish approach to US foreign policy, would, if nominated and confirmed by the US Senate, be the first Latino to serve as the country’s top diplomat.
It would also mark a remarkable turnaround from the Republican Party presidential primaries in 2016 when the two men infamously traded churlish nicknames.
Since the public spat, experts said, Rubio appears to have adapted his views over the years on issues such as the war in Ukraine and immigration policies to fall in line with Trump’s stance.
Let’s look at how the Florida senator’s relationship with Trump has changed over time and what we know of Rubio’s views on key foreign policy issues.
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