Marco Rubio 'upset' as Trump 'sidelines' him from foreign policy decisionmaking: report

[turbinetree]

By Matthew Chapman
Published March 4, 2025 8:40 PM ET

Secretary of State Marco Rubio feels as though he is being ignored by the Trump administration and excluded from any important foreign policy decisions, reported Gabriel Sherman in a Vanity Fair article published on Tuesday.

This state of affairs was brought to the forefront by Trump's shouting match with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that saw the latter kicked out of the White House — an incident for which Rubio himself was present and did little talking himself.

"While Rubio was quick to get in line in the days after the Zelenskyy showdown, the historic confrontation did indeed reveal a fault line inside the administration: Rubio is privately frustrated that Trump has effectively sidelined him," wrote Sherman. "According to four prominent Republicans close to the White House, Rubio, who has been a Russia hawk and Ukraine supporter, has told people he is upset by his lack of foreign policy influence despite being, on paper at least, the administration’s top diplomat."

https://www.rawstory.com/marco-rubio-sidelined/

First and foremost he's an idiot second and foremost he is still an idiot.............he really has no principles............don't you remember what he called you during a debate........... ...............your still an idiot.............with no principles.............none.........

[dchill]

1. Personally, I think Marco is an idiot.

He's paid to genuflect, kowtow and bootlick - that's what he's good at and it's all he's needed for. Like every other member of the Trabinet, he's a placeholder waiting for his next instruction. Suck it, Marco (do your job!)

[turbinetree]

5. He's trying to .................literally..............

[viva la]

28. He knew it would be this way, and couldn't stop himself from grovelling.

Gave up a safe senate seat, what little remained of his soul, and his future political career.
Good. The more GOPERS Trump ruins, the better. At least that's one benefit of his reign of terror.

[BannonsLiver]

2. He'll be the first one fired

[LearnedHand]

3. Hey Marco. Did you really think he meant to let you BE Sec State?

Dude no. He NOMINATED you. Way different than being, as in making decisions.

[nature-lover]

26. He was the nomination that Trump knew would go through. His first win.

[Intractable]

4. Just to stick up for Rubio -- he was the one who pointed out that Trump has little hands.

Mr. T is still known for being small-handed, whether or not it's actually true.

[belpejic]

10. Oh, Dear Leader has little hands

Photographic evidence doesn't lie.

[Tanuki]

13. No! Spy Magazine had Trump pegged as a "short fingered vulgarian"

decades earlier!
https://www.npr.org/2016/03/07/469209254/decades-later-spy-magazine-founders-continue-to-torment-trump

"Soon after its launch in 1986, the satirical magazine Spy picked Donald Trump as the brash embodiment of a crass age. Founded by Graydon Carter and Kurt Andersen, the magazine chronicled New York's obsessions with wealth and social status, zeroing in on Trump's questionable business dealings (of which there were many) and his outlandish personal traits (of which there were perhaps even more).
.....
Their humor at Spy echoes today: Their constant mockery of Trump as a "short-fingered vulgarian" reverberates in Marco Rubio's recent jibe that Trump has "small hands." Trump shot back at last week's Fox News debate, calling Rubio "little Marco," and then adding that no one had ever criticized his hands. "Look at these hands," Trump told viewers. "Are these small hands?" Trump then proceeded to defend the size of his genitals from the debate stage."...(more)

[VMA131Marine]

6. Oh Marco ...

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

We warned you and you didn’t listen.

[GoCubsGo]

23. Nah. Marco knew he was a snake when he let him in.

He just thought that if he carried the snake's water, the snake wouldn't bite him. I'm sure the snake has kompromat on him, too.

[GoodRaisin]

7. Rubio was picked because he's a weakling of the highest order.

If it wasn’t him it would be Lindsey Graham.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. So many corrupt enablers thought they could control him

Rubio knows the real score but sold out.

[Janbdwl72]

9. Hasn't Rubio flip flopped on Ukraine?

I thought he had suppported the Ukrainians bravely taking the fight to Russia before, but now like a good lap dog, can only echo the ridiculous pro- Putin talk.

I am not sure how much good it will do to hear more of Little Marco at this point, as he is being programmed to only restate the Retaliator-in-Chief’s main foreign policy points.

[bottomofthehill]

11. Trumps Jeff Sessions of this cabinet

[poli-junkie]

12. Rick Wilson mentioned Rubio has a

minder wherever he travels so that he sticks to the program.

[Skittles]

17. he looked like he wanted to disappear during that meeting

Marco is such a little worm

[AmericaUnderSiege]

14. Aww. The wittle Nazi did Not See that Nazis are disloyal to their troops.

The bitchness is strong with this one. Let's get him a trauma blanket and a mug of something that gives off picturesque steam, while he says some more bullshit mocking real people's struggles.

[DFW]

15. Rubio could have saved himself a lot of grief

All he had to do was take a quick look at the recent past. Who were recent Secretaries of State? Hillary Clinton, Anthony Blinken, e.g. knowledgeable, respected, experienced, well-traveled individuals, ready to be our nation’s top diplomat on day one. Rubio wasn’t even ready to be the nation’s top water boy on day one. If he wasn’t ready for Trumpsk to keep him on a very short leash, he should have stayed in the Senate and obediently voted for the poor stooge who would now be where he is.

[Retrograde]

16. You knew what he was when you took the job

and gave up that safe senate seat, so don’t go around looking for sympathy

[BlueTsunami2018]

18. Well yeah, NONE of the cabinet members are actually running their departments.

It’s all the P25 people telling them what to do. They’re simply goons and yes people out there to piss off normal people and throw red meat to the idiot base. They’re figureheads.

Rubio was picked because they wanted to get him out of the senate and give the seat to one of Pissy’s handpicked people but DeSantis didn’t play ball.

[Demovictory9]

19. should have kept that senate job

[DFW]

20. We even gave him his own ABBA song a few years ago. He can consider it his consolation prize:

[malaise]

21. Eff you lil Marco

Resign or STFU

[tanyev]

22. LOL. Marco, the duties of Donald Trump's Cabinet are fluffing, echoing and amplifying. That's it.

What did you think you would be doing?

[Hugin]

24. Rubio was offered SoS for one reason...

The Tangerine Idi Amin wanted his Senate seat for Lara. Period.

He was exactly stupid enough to take the bait and soon now he’s going to get the fishing trip.

[Wiz Imp]

38. So, why isnt Lara in that Senate seat now?

[Hugin]

39. DeSantis has other ideas.

The Reich Wing is far from being as monolithic as the Trumpist would like us to believe. There’s a wide schism. We’re not part of that discussion.

Power sharing is not a strong point of authoritarians. They all, want it all.

[Michiblue]

25. If he had a spine, he would resign nt

[Vogon_Glory]

27. If L'il Marco had had a spine and good sense, he would never

have signed on with the Trump administration in the first place.

Hell, even Ted Cruz, another shameless member of Donald John’s fan club, chose to remain in the Senate rather than take a position in Donald John’s cabinet.

[BrianTheEVGuy]

29. He deserves it

Turns out the devil doesn’t need to explain himself after you’ve sold him your soul.

[atreides1]

30. Guess what

Every member of TFG cabinet wasn't put in place to make any decisions. They're all nothing but figureheads...Trump is making all of the decisions with the help of Musk, Miller, and the Heritage Foundation!!!

[cachukis]

31. He can take home his nameplate as SOS.

[CatWoman]

32. what the fuck did he expect??

[Kid Berwyn]

33. "You didn't get me my Panama Canal!"

“You Little Loser, Marco!”

[Hugin]

41. Panama is all about Trump losing his building there in 2018.

“So unfair! They must pay!”

[C_U_L8R]

34. When you look around the room wondering "who's the patsy?"

Well, Marco seems a little slow reading his situation.

[Wingus Dingus]

35. Aww, poor Little Bitch.

[patphil]

36. The only reason Trump put Rubio in the Secretary of State position was to open up his seat for Lara Trump

But Governor DeSantis wasn't having any of that. He picked his AG, Ashley Moody.

Now there's no reason for Trump to keep Rubio.

[Prairie Gates]

37. Little Marco, pouting in a corner, sucking his widdle thumb

Clown show.

A man who was once considered the GOP's future, reduced to a pat on the head and a mid-range blue suit.

Embarrassing.

[Happy Hoosier]

40. But not upset enough to do anything about it. NT