Marco Rubio: “My hope for America is what it’s always been. I think it’s the hope I hope we all share.”

We want to see this region continue to thrive into the 21st century as a hub of commercial diplomacy, because it is in our interest – because it is our interest from both an economic standpoint and from a security standpoint as well.

We view the – the United States views the relationship between Uzbekistan and Central Asia as paramount to our national security and to our economic prosperity.

I don’t know where he’s getting these things or why he’s saying these things to the press. You should go back and ask him. There’s been no pause.

The president wants to take the 60-day period of time to sort of analyse what imposing both sanctions and tariffs will mean to the global economy and even to the US economy.