Donald Trump reportedly plans to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state. Multiple media outlets reported that Rubio, who was reelected to a third term in 2022, would be the president elect’s pick for the cabinet post, one of the key positions in the incoming administration.
The rports from The New York Times and other outlets also cautioned that Trump could change his mind. There also were reports that Trump has asked Rep.
Mike Waltz (R-FL) to be his national security adviser, a post that, unlike secretary of state, does not require Senate confirmation.
Rubio, first elected in 2010 in that year’s Tea Party wave, emerged as one of Trump’s final foes in the 2016 Republican primary.
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