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International Business Times
International Business Times
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Shaun TANDON

From 'Little Marco' To 'Mr Secretary': Rubio Shows Trump China Push

US Senator Marco Rubio, tapped to be the next secretary of state, speaks next to former US president Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Allentown, Pennsylvania, on October 29, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

Marco Rubio's first experiences with Donald Trump involved trading schoolyard insults, but he will now become the president-elect's face to the world -- potentially showing a more traditional, hawkish US foreign policy, especially on China.

Rubio, the son of Cuban immigrants who would be the first Hispanic and first Spanish-speaker as US secretary of state, from his earliest days has been a vociferous opponent of Latin American leftists.

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