The future US president would consider appointing Florida Republican Senator Marco Rubio to the key post of secretary of state, according to the New York Times.
Donald Trump plans to nominate Republican Senator from Florida Marco Rubio as Secretary of State, said Monday, November 11 New York Times by quoting “three people familiar with his thinking”.
The influential senator of Cuban origin, vice-chairman of the Senate Committee on Intelligence, had at one time been tipped to become Trump's vice-president, indicates the daily according to which the future president “could still change his mind at the last minute”. Marco Rubio, 53, had already been tipped to become the Republican vice-presidential candidate, with Trump ultimately preferring JD Vance.
Jacket reversal
If this nomination is confirmed, it would mark a spectacular turnaround on the part of Marco Rubio, who in 2016, while facing Donald Trump in the Republican primaries, had described the billionaire as“scammer” and of “the most vulgar person who ever aspired to the presidency”.
The Cuban-born senator, vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, declared last week on CNN that he was “always interested in serving this country”.
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