Marco Rubio attacked China, Cuba, the Maduro regime, the FARC and the ELN

Marco Rubiochosen by Donald Trump as head of diplomacy for his future cabinet, affirmed this Wednesday that Venezuela “is governed by a drug trafficking organization” and Cuba deserves to be included on the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, during a Senate hearing that focused on China, the “most dangerous” adversary of the United States.

In USAthe Constitution requires that the appointments of ministers and other senior officials be confirmed by a vote in the Senate, after a hearing in the committee competent for the position.

Rubio focused on China “the most powerful and most dangerous adversary” of all those that the United States has faced because it is equipped with “elements that Soviet Union never had.”

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“We have received Chinese Communist Party in this world order. And they took advantage of all its benefits. But they ignored all their obligations and responsibilities,” he added.

“They have lied, cheated, hacked and stolen to achieve global superpower status at our expense,” the Republican said.

That is why he rejected one of the key principles of the outgoing president, Joe Biden: prioritizing a rules-based “liberal world order” led by the United States.

“America First”

He defended, on the contrary, Trump’s motto “America first.” The postwar global order “is now a weapon used against us,” he said.

“If we continue on the path we are on now, in less than 10 years practically everything that matters to us in life will depend on whether China allows it or not,” he complained.

To prevent China from invading Taiwanwhich Beijing considers part of its territory, Rubio believes that Washington must show them that they would pay a “too high” price.

If confirmed in office, Rubio would become the first Hispanic to head US diplomacy.

This son of Cuban immigrants did not mince words in his answers to the questions.

“It’s collapsing”

“I have no doubt that they meet all the requirements to be a state sponsor of terrorism,” he said of Cuba, a day after Biden removed it from the blacklist.

The senator from Florida recalled that the Trump administration can reverse the decision.

“Cuba is literally collapsing” both “generationally” and “economically”stated and estimated that Havana will have to “make a decision”: allow Cubans to have “control over their economic and political destiny even if it threatens the security and stability of the regime” or “be the owners and controllers of a fourth world country.”

In addition, Rubio, who speaks Spanish fluently, is a firm opponent of the Venezuelan president. Nicolas Madurore-elected in elections considered fraudulent by Washington.

Venezuela “is not governed by a government, it is governed by a drug trafficking organization that has empowered itself as a nation-state”he blurted out.

He accused the Biden government of being fooled by Maduro, “who agreed to hold elections” but “they were completely false.” “All of that needs to be re-explored,” he warned.

He is also concerned about Nicaragua because, according to him, Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, have decided to amend the Constitution to create “a family dynasty.”

The senators asked him how he will combat the entry of fentanyl into the country.

Rubio advocated working “in cooperation” with Mexico against the cartels that, according to him, have “operational control over enormous stretches of the border regions” between the two countries.

Regarding the war in Ukraine, he advocated “bold diplomacy” to end the Russian invasion.

Ukraine’s main problem, he said, is not that it lacks “money, but rather that it lacks Ukrainians.”

According to him, also We must question “the role of the United States and NATO in the 21st century”in line with the statements of Donald Trump, who threatened to no longer guarantee the protection of the countries of the Atlantic Alliance against Russia if they did not allocate sufficient funds for their defense.

Rubio chooses to focus foreign policy on decisions that contribute to making the United States safer, stronger and more prosperous.

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“While the United States continued to prioritize ‘global order’ over our core national interests too often, other nations continued to act as countries always have and always will,” based on “what benefits them most,” he said. Blond.

Pam Bondi, Trump’s pick as Attorney General, also underwent scrutiny by senators on Wednesday.

The lawyer said she was in favor of “case-by-case” presidential pardons for Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021.