Somebody tell me it’s not just that stupid, that Donald Trump, lame duck president, is picking Cuban closet-case and AIPAC favorite Marco Rubio as Secretary of State to reward Hispanics for voting for him, as if Mexican construction workers in LA will be hiring mariachi bands for the grand parties they will throw in celebration. ¡Dios Mío!
Donald Trump is expected to tap U.S. Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state, sources said, putting the Florida-born politician on track to be the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat once the Republican president-elect takes office in January.
Of course he’s being selected to satisfy the Israel Lobby and the Widow Adelson while mollifying the Maga base by not being Mike Pompeo or Nikki Haley, but I can just see Trump thinking combining these concerns with a totemic sop to my Hispanics is cutting a brilliant deal.
Trump does pay attention to the base on X though, and this Reuters article is almost certainly the Trump people floating the idea to see how much Secretary of State Rubio will cost in popular support.
While the famously mercurial Trump could always change his mind at the last minute, he appeared to have settled on his pick as of Monday, according to the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss private conversations.
The apparent Rubio selection has generated concern among some Trump allies who see the Florida senator as having a world view and establishment credentials at odds with the more isolationist stance favored by the Republican hard right.
Some cautioned on the social media site X that the choice of Rubio had not been finalized, although it was unclear where their information was coming from.
Caroline Wren, a pro-Trump fundraiser, mocked Rubio, comparing him unfavorably to former ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who was also in the running to be secretary of state.
“Why would we have wanted someone totally loyal like Ric Grenell when we can have a Senator who is ‘totally owned by lobbyists’ and a ‘lightweight with the worst voting record in the Senate’?” Wren posted on X, referring to Trump’s own past statements about Rubio.
For the Trump supporters who had higher hopes the cabinet picks will come like unwelcome sunlight creeping in through the blinds after an all night coke bender.
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