Aww look, Lil' Marco is all grown up now
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Rubio? Dang. That's a choice. There's Romney, Paul, Barrasso, and Cruz that are some heavy hitters on the Committee on Foreign Relations and he went with Rubio? I mean shit, Rand Paul is who I would think would slide the best into Trump's Sec. of State. There's likely no one for Sec. of State that's on Foreign Rel. that's been more meticulous about the southern border that him. Additionally, the man is an easy pick for if you wanted to have someone sign a giant check from the US Treasury to Israel in the amount of ALL dollars.
Rubio is a bit more slow paced. Don't get me wrong, he wants a wall just as much, but he'd likely slow walk it to allow it to gain heavy media traction. Paul would just be like "Give me some fucking bricks".
is viewed by State Department officials as unlikely to overly politicize the role
That is a massive understatement there.
All I have to say is color me surprised by the choice. I mean, obviously Trump is going to tell Romney to eat shit, but shit if Foreign Rel. is where Trump was going for Sec. of State, I would have surely thought Paul would be a a perfect fit to Trump's mannerisms.
Rubio is a Russian asset. Thats it. That’s why he was chosen.
So's Paul. Don't forget that he made a solo trip to Russia in August 2017 to hand deliver a letter from Trump to Putin.
Yes, a sitting US Senator was doing a job that the State Department ought to have been doing.
Is he? He was pretty hyped about how well Ukraine did in the early days of the conflict, actively tweeting about all the insane stuff that was going on. I think he was criticized for maybe speaking a little too openly about stuff that wasn't exactly public knowledge, but he didn't seem like a Russian asset from that perspective.
I would have just pegged him as another war hawk that probably uses an alt account on NCD. Maybe I missed something.
Libs just like to call people russian assets. It makes them feel like spies or something instead of just dorks.
Here's an article with some actual info: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/42107
Maybe Paul will be his Treasury secretary. Hah!
I thought he said he was draining the swamp?
He did say that.
Wait did you actually believe him?
People used to laugh when I said the state is just student council for violent adult babies.
Fievel goes to the White House
What an absolute farce.
he gonna name himself or junior the replacement.