Political Quotes

Marco Rubio

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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.

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Jun 26, 2025

Imposing visa restrictions on drug traffickers, their family members, and close personal and business associates will not only prevent them from entering the United States, but it will serve as a deterrent for continued illicit activities.

newsweek.com
Jun 26, 2025

We’d love to have peaceful relations with any country in the world.

cnn.com
Jun 26, 2025

What happens next will now depend on what Iran chooses to do next.

cbsnews.com
Jun 26, 2025

The department, which he described as 'bloated' and 'bureaucratic,' would undergo 'comprehensive reorganization.'

cbsnews.com
Jun 25, 2025

Rubio dismissed the media reports as 'false' and said they did not capture the full picture.

nypost.com
Jun 25, 2025

That’s the most important thing to understand — significant, very significant, substantial damage was done to a variety of different components, and we’re just learning more about it.

nypost.com
Jun 25, 2025

The bottom line is, they are much further away from a nuclear weapon today than they were before the president took this bold action.

nypost.com
Jun 25, 2025

I don’t think the agreement Spain has reached is sustainable, and frankly, it puts them in a very difficult situation compared to their other allies and partners.

breitbart.com
Jun 25, 2025

They claim they can do it for less, but Spain right now has deep internal political challenges, [and] they have a left-of-center government that basically wants to spend very little, if anything, on the military.

breitbart.com
Jun 25, 2025

I don’t think that the agreement that Spain has reached is sustainable, and frankly it puts them in a very tough spot with regards to their other allies and partners.

huffpost.com
Jun 25, 2025

I would call this ‘the Trump summit’.

huffpost.com
Jun 25, 2025

There’s no way Iran comes to the table of somehow nothing had happened. This was complete and total obliteration.

huffpost.com
Jun 25, 2025

I don't think that the agreement that Spain has reached is sustainable, and frankly it puts them in a very tough spot with regards to their other allies and partners.

newsweek.com
Jun 25, 2025

On this stuff about the intelligence—this is what a leaker is telling you the intelligence says.

thedailybeast.com
Jun 25, 2025

The attack on Isfahan had destroyed the conversion machinery.

slate.com
Jun 24, 2025

Undermine U.S. policy to combat anti-Semitism around the world and in the United States

reason.com
Jun 24, 2025

Condoning anti-Semitic conduct and disruptive protests in the United States would severely undermine

reason.com
Jun 24, 2025

If they’re taking activities that are counter to our national interest, to our foreign policy, we’ll revoke the visa.

thenation.com
Jun 23, 2025

It would be, I think, a massive escalation that would merit a response not just by us but from others.

newsweek.com
Jun 23, 2025

But other countries should be looking at that as well. It would hurt other countries' economies a lot worse than ours.

newsweek.com
Jun 23, 2025

If they do that, it'll be another terrible mistake. It's economic suicide for them if they do it.

newsweek.com
Jun 23, 2025

Well, I would encourage the Chinese Government in Beijing to call them about that, because they heavily depend on the Straits of Hormuz for their oil.

newsweek.com
Jun 23, 2025

Let's hope they don't choose that route. Let's all hope that they actually decide, OK, let's go negotiate, because we want a diplomatic and peaceful solution.

newsweek.com
Jun 23, 2025

We'll impose costs on Iran if they attack American personnel, whether they do it directly, or whether they do it through some of these proxies that they try to hide behind.

newsweek.com

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