China hawk Rubio set for smooth confirmation as Trump's State Dept nominee
- Marco Rubio, nominated by Donald Trump for Secretary of State, calls North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un a 'dictator' and supports a broader approach to ease tensions during his confirmation hearing.
- Rubio promises to implement Trump's 'America First' vision, prioritizing American interests in foreign policy, and aims to become the first Latino in this role.
- Rubio is expected to gain easy confirmation, receiving support from both Republicans and Democrats as a 'responsible' choice for U.S. diplomacy.
- Rubio criticizes China for its actions, stating they have 'lied, cheated, hacked, and stolen' to achieve global superpower status, emphasizing a need for a strong U.S. response.
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Trump’s top diplomat pick: China must ‘stop messing around’ with PH
US Senator Marco Rubio testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of State, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on January 15, 2025. – During the hearing, Rubio said China should “stop messing around” with the Philippines and Taiwan, noting that its “deeply destabilizing” actions in the region are compelling the US to “counteract.” He discouraged Beijing from carrying out “anything rash or irra…
Top Trump diplomat asks China to stop ‘messing around’ with PHL and Taiwan - BusinessWorld Online
By Kyle Aristophere T. Atienza, Reporter US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald J. Trump’s pick for top diplomat urged China to stop “messing around” with the Philippines and Taiwan, saying Washington would keep its focus on the Indo-Pacific region. The US and China could avoid conflicts if the latter would not destabilize the Indo-Pacific region, Florida Senator and Secretary of State-designate Marco Antonio Rubio said at his confirmation hearing, based on …
Trump's pick for top diplomat Rubio urges China not to destabilize Asia
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's pick for secretary of state warns China not to further destabilize the Indo-Pacific region, including areas around Taiwan and the Philippines, so that Washington and Beijing can keep cooperating to avoid conflict.
Marco Rubio, former senator and nominee for Secretary of State of U.S. President-elect Trump, said on Wednesday (January 15) at his nomination confirmation hearing on the Taiwan issue that the United States will not pressure Taiwan to accept any arrangement that is inconsistent with this i, and is opposed to China using any coercion or intimidation to force Taiwan to submit. If China wants to stabilize U.S.-China relations, it should not take ra…
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