As President Donald Trump overturns traditional U.S. alliances and transforms America’s role in the world, Marco Rubio has become the point man for carrying out the president’s “America first” policies.
It’s been a long journey for Rubio, one that saw him evolve from Trump critic to the president’s right-hand man, carrying the joint titles of secretary of state and national security adviser.
Now he has a prime seat at the table, whether that is in bilateral meetings at the United Nations, sitdowns with other leaders in the Oval Office, state dinners at Windsor Castle — where he sat to the left of King Charles III — or small group policy discussions in Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’ office.
“There is one leader. His name is Donald Trump, and in the area of foreign policy, just under Donald