Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to wild speculation running rampant concerning his 2028 ambitions, noting that he isn’t leaving the Trump administration and declining to answer if he will be running for president in 2028. Rubio, the top U.S. diplomat and national security adviser, waved away reports from several outlets that he was looking to exit the administration to prepare for a future presidential bid following the brutal defeat suffered by the GOP in the midterm elections.
Rubio spoke with the New York Times and said that working for President Donald Trump for the rest of his second term in the White House has “always been my plan.” He then said, “I don’t know where these things come from, to be honest with you. I love the work I’m doing. And plus I always laugh when they say he’s going to leave his job. I go, ‘Which one?’”
This last comment is a reference to the fact that the president trusts Rubio with a large number of responsibilities, roles, and tasks, knowing he is a competent leader capable of being plugged in where needed and coming through in a time of crisis. White House and State Department officials were also adamant that Rubio is staying put.
According to the New York Post, other media outlets, such as Bloomberg News, have reported that Rubio has chatted about possibly stepping down from his position with officials in the White House and that he and his advisers are looking over future options. “This fake news is nothing more than a fabricated hoax being peddled by anonymous sources with no factual information,” White House spokesperson Beni Rae Harmony said.
“Secretary Rubio is a fearless fighter for President Trump and the MAGA movement,” Harmony continued. Republican sources and government figures in the United Kingdom spoke with The Independent and stated that they look at Rubio as the leading contender to take over for President Trump and expect he will resign in order to “distance himself from the Iran war.”
Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs, Dylan Johnson, referred to the report as “completely baseless fake news from made-up anonymous ‘sources.'” Johnson added, “We look forward to revisiting this ‘report’ in the coming weeks to celebrate yet another humiliating own goal by The Independent.”
Rubio ran for president against Trump in 2016, but was soundly defeated in the primary. However, he is being viewed as a much more formidable, serious GOP candidate for the future, but currently has unfinished business that needs to be taken care of at the State Department and isn’t expected to be leaving the position anytime soon.
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According to a senior administration official, it has always been the intention of Rubio to stay on board with the Trump administration for all four years. In fact, Rubio once joked that he wouldn’t even take a vacation. The report then said that within the walls of the West Wing, the former senator is still a true power player.