Rubios quiet ascent to Trump's closest circle

Rubios quiet ascent to Trump's closest circle

It was in Malaysia after midnight, as Foreign Minister Marco Rubio in a call between President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte took part. The subject of the conversation was Ukraine. Rubio, who was the top diplomat during his first trip to Asia, had just spoke to his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Rubios impressions from the meeting with Lavrov

Rubio that Trump was frustrated and had the feeling that the United States has invested a lot of time and effort to end the war in Ukraine without seeing any noteworthy progress on the part of the Russians, a high -ranking civil servant of the White House, who was familiar with the meeting.

In a somewhat hopeful summary for the reporters, Rubio said that Lavrov had expressed "new and other" ideas for the end of the war, but said nothing that "guarantees peace". Rubio was reserved and emphasized the importance of the involvement of both sides, the direct question of how the current government of the government looks with regard to Ukraine, whereby the impression arose that further discussions with Russia could be imminent. However, he gave no indication that the president wanted to initiate an essential political change.

Trump's support for Ukraine

After months of unsuccessful efforts to move Russia to an armistice, Trump changed his strategy. Instead of turning away from Ukraine, as many initially thought, Trump acted again. This change of strategy raises the short break during the arms deliveries that Defense Minister Pete Hegseth had approved a week earlier. This is also shown by Rubios skillful approach to influence foreign policy within the government.

Rubio as a strategic consultant

As a Senator, Rubio acquired his reputation as a foreign policy HAWK and has been vigorous for the support of the USA for Ukraine since the first few days of the Russian invasion of 2022. But since he was in the government, he has changed his tone, especially when the isolationist votes of the government came to the fore at the beginning of his term.

In interviews with CNN, describe about a dozen people who are familiar with Rubios time in the government, including current and former civil servants, as a subtle surgeon whose influence has grown, while the government's foreign policy has moved in directions that he has been representing for a long time - even if he is not perceived as someone who is open in this direction.

Rubios increasing influence

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After last week over 1,300 civil and diplomat employees from the Foreign Ministry, all hopes that Rubio before the could protect comprehensive government decorations. The restructuring was planned and carried out by Rubios management team, which indicates that he was at least able to defend himself against the way of thinking that was accompanied by Elon Musk's cuts into the government at the beginning of the year.

Rubios relationship with Trump

Rubio has partially established his relationship with Trump by supporting the instincts of the President, instead of challenging them, even if they contradict Rubios of previous positions, current and former officials report.

"Rubio is good at presenting options and tools based on the current state of the situation," said a person who is familiar with Rubios interactions with Trump. "He knows Trump's goal, supports it and does not try to control how he gets there. The problem of other high -ranking civil servants who have worked for Trump in the past is that they wanted to bring Trump to a different goal."

Rubios influence on national security

Rubio spends a lot of time in the White House and initially worked from a safe facility in the basement, while in the early months he commuted to the government between the meetings with Trump. Since Trump appointed him a national security advisor in May, Rubio has now had an office in the west wing. He was able to continue to impress Trump with his TV interviews, which originally made him aware of Rubio and developed into Trump's factual problem solver in various foreign policy areas.

"If I have a problem, I call Marco," Trump said in April in front of a lot in the rose garden. "He solves it." In addition, Rubio has gained significant influence and is the first person since Henry Kissinger who works both as a foreign minister and as a national security advisor.

summarized it is shown that Marco Rubio plays a key role in the current administration in which he acts both as a foreign minister and as a consultant for national security, which strengthens his position within the government and his influence on US foreign policy.