Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) speaks on Day 2 of the Republican Nationwide Conference (RNC), on the Fiserv Discussion board in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., July 16, 2024.
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President-elect Donald Trump is anticipated to call Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as secretary of state for his administration within the coming days, in line with three sources conversant in the choice course of.
Trump might nonetheless change his thoughts, the sources cautioned, noting that the choice would not be finalized till the president-elect makes a proper announcement.
The New York Occasions first reported Trump’s plans to call Rubio because the nation’s high diplomat.
Trump had beforehand thought-about Rubio as a working mate earlier than finally selecting Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio.
Trump has made a sequence of different staffing bulletins in latest days. On Monday, he introduced plans to appoint former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., because the Environmental Safety Company’s high administrator and to nominate Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., as his nationwide safety adviser.
Final week, he stated Susie Wiles, his marketing campaign supervisor, can be White Home chief of employees. On Sunday, he named immigration hard-liner Tom Homan as his “border czar.”
