Trump likely to name Florida Sen. Marco Rubio secretary of state. What we know

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : His first appointment was longtime campaign manager Susie Wiles for the new White House Chief of Staff, and on Monday night Trump named U.S. Rep. Michael Waltz to be his national security adviser.
51% : However, like many other GOP leaders that Trump has mocked, Rubio endorsed Trump afterward and has supported his initiatives since.
35% : Rubio has gradually leaned more into MAGA territory over the years and was a finalist in Trump's 2024 vice president list, although Trump ultimately tapped JD Vance.
25% : Rubio launched a presidential bid in 2016 but consistently lost to Trump in the primaries and finally suspended his campaign after coming in second in Florida.
23% : He also denounced the case against Trump for hush money payments to an adult movie star as "a sham political show trial like the ones Communists used against their political opponents in Cuba and the Soviet Union" and joined seven of the most MAGA-aligned senators in signing a pledge not to confirm any of President Joe Biden's political or judicial appointments or help Democrats advance non-security related federal funding increases or expedited Democratic bills.
17% : In turn, Trump called him "Little Marco," mocked him for being robotic and called him a "clown" and a "lightweight."
8% : During the 2016 presidential primary, Rubio resisted personal attacks for the first part of his campaign but came out swinging later on, calling Trump a "con artist" saying he was "wholly unprepared to be president of the United States" and even slyly suggesting Trump was not well-endowed, among other things.
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7% : Did Marco Rubio insult Trump?

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