Future US government: Trump wants to appoint Senator Marco Rubio as Secretary of State

The Republican Senator from the state of Florida, Marco Rubio, is expected to become Secretary of State in the future US administration of Donald Trump. The president-elect announced this in a written statement. “Marco is a highly respected leader and a strong voice for freedom,” it said. “He will be a strong advocate for our nation, a true friend to our allies and a fearless warrior who will never shy away from our adversaries.”

The 53-year-old Rubio has been in the US Senate since 2011 and unsuccessfully tried to become the Republican presidential candidate himself in 2016. But he failed in the primary election campaign against Trump, who insulted him at the time. This year he was said to have been on the shortlist for the running mate before Trump chose JD Vance. The son of Cuban immigrants has emerged as a loyal Trump supporter in recent years. He recently voted against new billions in support for Ukraine, which was attacked by Russia.

Rapid formation of the government team

After his election victory at the beginning of November, Trump immediately began putting together his future government team. In the past few days, the Republican has announced various personnel decisions in quick succession. Among other things, he wants to put ex-soldier and TV presenter Pete Hegseth at the head of the Department of Defense and hand over the leadership of the Department of Homeland Security to the Governor of South Dakota, Kristi Noem. Ministerial positions usually have to be confirmed by the Senate. However, Trump has advocated getting around this with an exception.

The Republican has also announced various advisory positions or high-level jobs in the White House that don’t require Senate confirmation anyway. He would like to entrust tech billionaire Elon Musk as an external advisor to cut government spending.

In Trump’s first term in office from 2017 to 2021, there were an unusually high number of personnel changes in the Republican government. He regularly threw down ministers or other employees – but others threw themselves out of their own accord. Among other things, the expulsion of then Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, which Trump announced via the Twitter platform, which is now called X and belongs to Musk, was legendary.