CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reminded Secretary of State Marco Rubio he had recently referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “butcher” during a Friday evening interview. Collins did so after Rubio told her the Trump administration was attempting to end the Russian-Ukrainian war by approaching both sides from a position of neutrality.
As a senator, Marco Rubio prided himself on challenging tyrants. But as secretary of state, President Trump has tasked him with helping to potentially turn Russia from an enemy into an ally.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Sunday said Ukraine and Europe would be part of any "real negotiations" to end Moscow's war, signaling that U.S. talks with Russia this week were a chance to see how serious Russian President Vladimir Putin is about ...
President Donald Trump’s prowess as a negotiator will help determine if Russian President Vladimir Putin is serious about negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday.
He is in a very difficult position because his long-held beliefs are not the ones he has been tasked to defend now.”