Rubio vows to place US interests 'above all else' as Trump's top diplomat - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : By winning another term, Trump has won an "unmistakable mandate from the voters," Rubio will say.
54% : The confirmation hearing begins a new chapter in the political career of the 53-year-old Florida Republican, whose relationship with Trump has evolved over the last decade.
42% : Even before taking office, Trump has stirred angst in foreign capitals by threatening to seize the Panama Canal and Greenland and suggesting he will pressure Canada to become the nation's 51st state.
40% : Once rivals trading schoolyard insults as they campaigned for president in 2016, the two men became close allies as Trump campaigned for another White House term last year.
38% : "If confirmed, Rubio will become the leader of U.S. foreign policy -- though his role will surely remain secondary to Trump, who relishes the global stage and frequently uses the bully pulpit against America's allies.
37% : But like other Republicans, Rubio's views on immigration have shifted toward the hardline stance of Trump, who has pledged to aggressively pursue deportations once he takes office on Monday.
37% : Trump had an acrimonious relationship with his first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.
18% : However, the Clinton-Obama relationship during the 2008 Democratic primaries was not nearly as hostile as that between Trump and Rubio in the 2016 GOP primaries, which was marked by name-calling and personal insults.
13% : Trump fired him from the position via a social media post less than two years into his term.
12% : More recent secretaries of state have been less successful in their political ambitions, including John Kerry, who lost the 2004 presidential election to President George W. Bush before becoming the top diplomat, and Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election to Trump.

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