Marco Rubio
The Public Record
U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.
We think it's in our national interest, and frankly, in the interest of people of Venezuela.
We are going to judge whoever we're interacting with moving forward by whether or not those conditions are met.
We will seize it. That remains in place, and that's a tremendous amount of leverage that will continue to be in place until we see changes.
We are addressing the factors that are a threat to the national interest of the United States.
We have been very clear from the beginning, because I still think that a lot of people analyze everything that happens in foreign policy through the lens of what happened from 2001 through 2015 or '16.
This is one of the most, you know, daring, you know, complicated, sophisticated missions this country has carried out in a very long time.
I do think this is one of the most, you know, daring, you know, complicated, sophisticated missions this country has carried out in a very long time.
What the president has said, obviously, is, you know, and I think what he's pointing to is that this obsession people have about boots and this or that, he – he does not feel like he is going to publicly, you know, rule out options that…
It is not easy to land helicopters in the middle of the largest military base in the country.
What you're seeing right now is an oil quarantine that allows us to exert tremendous leverage over what happens next.
The president always retains optionality on anything and on all these matters.
We continue with that quarantine, and we expect to see that there will be changes, not just in the way the oil industry is run for the benefit of the people.
The Trump Administration will no longer tolerate these egregious acts of extraterritorial censorship.
For far too long, ideologues in Europe have led organized efforts to coerce American platforms to punish American viewpoints they oppose.
Not just about the terms that ends fighting, it's about also the terms that set up Ukraine for long-term prosperity.
We don't just want to end the war, we also want to help Ukraine be safe forever, so never again will they face another invasion, and equally importantly, we want them to enter an age of true prosperity.
As I told you earlier this morning, our goal here is to end the war, but it's more than just to end the war.
Much work remains, but today was, again, a very productive and useful session where I think additional progress was made.
Securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity at real prosperity





