We are going to set a new status quo. And then we can negotiate something, if they want to, that is fair for both sides.
Marco Rubio
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U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump administration; formerly U.S. Senator from Florida.
This war cannot continue. The president has been clear about that, and he's doing everything he can to bring it to an end.
We are not going to have these people controlling which ships can go through and which ones cannot.
This is an effort to take away their ability to control global shipping in that part of the world. That's just not going to happen anymore.
We want people – we don't want people in our country that are going to be committing crimes and undermining our national security or the public safety.
We are going to put tariffs on countries reciprocal to what they impose on us.
We have deindustrialized this country, deindustrialized the United States of America.
What we can't ignore and the reason why the president mentioned Iran is because the Iranians have supported the Houthis.
If you tell us when you apply for a visa, I'm coming to the U.S. to participate in pro-Hamas events, that runs counter to the foreign policy interest of the United States of America.
We're doing the entire world a favor by getting rid of these guys and their ability to strike global shipping.





