As much attention as President Trump’s flurry of EOs and other actions has received since his inauguration, equally notable is the vigor of newly-confirmed Secretary of State Marco Rubio. At RealClearPolitics Philip Wegmann observes:
Shortly after taking the oath of office, Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent a cable to every U.S. diplomatic and consular post worldwide. The stark message from the new diplomat: Sweeping changes are coming to a department that had mistakenly emphasized “ideology over common sense” and “misread the world.”
The lengthy cable was sent shortly after Rubio arrived at his new post in Foggy Bottom and was obtained exclusively by RealClearPolitics. It signals a fundamental shift in foreign policy and a realignment of all diplomatic efforts toward putting American needs first.
Toward this end, President Trump’s new diplomat promised to focus on mass migration, terminate DEI policies within the department, end the “censorship of the American people,” and pursue “energy dominance.”
Rubio was confirmed unanimously by the Senate the day before and is the first of Trump’s Cabinet nominees on the job. Previously, he was a senior senator from Florida, and he served on the Foreign Relations Committee for more than a decade. He developed a reputation as a China Hawk and a fierce critic of the neoliberal foreign policy consensus that emerged after the Cold War.
Read the whole thing. This quote from Secretary Rubio’s “cable” to his department is particularly telling:
“Every dollar we spend, every program we fund, and every policy we pursue must be justified with the answer to three simple questions,” Rubio wrote. “The questions: Does the action make America safer, stronger, and more prosperous?”
I’m sure that some will see that as outrageous but the reality is it’s exactly what our notional allies, particularly France and Germany, have been doing for the last 80 years if not longer.







