We want to ensure that any decisions that are made throughout this negotiating process, the interests of our partners and our allies in the region are always taken into account.
Marco Rubio
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.
Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, which is at the core purpose of why this all started in the first place.
The Straits of Hormuz are international waters. International waterways do not belong to any nation-state.
We want a deal that’s good. We want that’s real. We want a deal that’s verifiable and we want a deal that’s adhered to.
We’ve already stood up our disaster response teams at the Department of State and our humanitarian efforts. It’s something we did very well in Jamaica, after that storm, and it’s something we’re really prepared to do now.
We’re already deploying search and rescue teams from Fairfax County, Virginia, and Los Angeles. There will be some others we’ll add. That’s their most immediate need right now, is search and rescue efforts- they have much of collapsed…
Our hearts are with all those who have lost loved ones, those injured, and the courageous rescue workers working tirelessly in the aftermath.
International waterways do not belong to any nation state. This is a foundational principle in the world today, without which the world would be in total chaos.
These are – it’s an international waterway. No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway.
You can’t have the end of hostilities and conflicts in the region as long as Iranian proxies are launching missiles and drones from Iraq and are participating in terrorism like Hamas did and like Hizballah did.
The future of Lebanon belongs to the Lebanese people through their sovereign elected government, and that’s who we’re going to be working with.
If Iran makes a decision, if its leadership makes a decision that they want to be a country instead of a revolutionary movement that exports terror, they’re going to have an opportunity to do incredible things in Iran.
We know what they agreed to. I don’t know why they have to say the things they say.
No country is allowed to charge tolls or fees on an international waterway. That's existing international law.
Iran will not be allowed to charge tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz;
They represent the only feasible path to reconstruction, economic recovery, and ending recurrent cycles of violence.
It’s a gift to the American people. They’re going to see their White House in their capital on their nation’s birthday celebrating with a historic event.
It’s my turn to speak, right? Is it my turn? Well, listen, this is an exciting – first of all, it’ll be an exciting weekend, but an exciting opportunity to sign this.
We are a nation founded on doing what no one else dared to do, and no one else aspired to do. And at some level, that’s what this whole company, what UFC has been.
When President Kennedy announced that we were gonna put a man on the moon and return him safely to the Earth, no one thought that was possible, and we did it.





