Marco Rubio: “Immediate changes to what he calls the 'influence and control' of China over the canal.”

Our goal there is to end this war. That’s what we want to do.

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.

The last thing the world needs right now is another war.

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.