Marco Rubio: “Good morning. First of all, thank you all for welcoming me here to Pensacola.”

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 diesel that Putin was going to sell, they were (going to) make it available to the global market one way or the other. The only difference is how much of it the United States was going to get.

What we want to accomplish at this meeting this week will put our countries further down the path of long-term prosperity and security.

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.