Here's what the U.S.' enemies — and allies — might see from Marco Rubio as secretary of state

President-Elect Donald Trump's information of Sen. Marco Rubio arsenic his caput of state, arguably the world's astir important diplomat, could alteration the dial erstwhile it comes to the U.S.' narration with some its enemies and its allies.

Rubio, considered a overseas argumentation hawk, has been intensely captious of China and Iran, which are considered the U.S.' apical economical and geopolitical adversaries, but has besides been ambivalent astir ongoing enactment for Ukraine, echoing Trump's stance that the warfare with Russia indispensable travel to an end.

Serving arsenic the vice-chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee and subordinate of the Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio was officially tapped to beryllium caput of authorities by Trump precocious Wednesday arsenic helium appointed his apical squad for the White House pursuing his decisive predetermination win past week.

"He volition beryllium a beardown Advocate for our Nation, a existent person to our Allies, and a fearless Warrior who volition ne'er backmost down to our adversaries," Trump said successful a connection connected his Truth Social platform.

Rubio's nomination, on with his assertive presumption connected overseas argumentation matters and disapproval of America's rivals, could easiness concerns among U.S. allies that the world's astir powerful economy retreat from the planetary stage, fixed Trump's "America First" policy.

Ahead of his nomination, and aft Trump's predetermination win, Rubio told CNN that the U.S. was entering "an epoch of pragmatic overseas policy."

"The satellite is rapidly changing. You know, adversaries are uniting — successful North Korea, Iran, China, Russia — [and] progressively coordinating," Rubio said. "It is going to necessitate america to beryllium precise pragmatic and omniscient successful however we put overseas and what we do."

The narration betwixt Trump and Rubio has not ever been easy. Both men ran for president successful 2016, bitterly clashing arsenic they campaigned for the Republican information with Trump describing Rubio arsenic "Little Marco," and Rubio making amusive of Trump's "small hands."

At that time, Rubio was captious of Trump's isolationist overseas argumentation stance. Back successful 2016 helium said "the satellite without American engagement is simply a satellite nary of america wants to unrecorded with," arguing against Trump's presumption that the U.S. gives much than it gets from its interactions with the planetary community.

Rubio has since made bid with the president-elect, however, backing him successful his statesmanlike campaign.

Rubio's bureau did not instantly respond to a petition for remark arsenic to his caller role, but here's a snapshot of the 53-year-old politician's comments connected immoderate of the U.S.' biggest overseas argumentation challenges, signaling what we mightiness expect from the incoming caput of state:

"This study should service arsenic a wakeup telephone to lawmakers, CEOs, and investors," Rubio said, calling for "a whole-of-society effort to rebuild our country, flooded the China challenge, and support the torch of state lit for generations to come."

There's nary emotion mislaid for Rubio successful Beijing. In 2020, Rubio and different apical U.S. officials were sanctioned by China during a circular of tit-for-tat sanctions by Beijing and Washington.

It's uncertain however a Trump administration, and aboriginal Secretary of State Rubio, volition attack Iran with some Republicans giving disconnected mixed signals erstwhile it comes to a punitive oregon much pragmatic argumentation stance.

Trump caused planetary consternation successful his archetypal word successful bureau by ripping up the Iran atomic woody successful 2018 and re-imposing biting sanctions connected Iran, with critics informing that Iran's atomic weapons capableness would beryllium achieved sooner alternatively than later, arsenic a result.

Ahead of his predetermination triumph past week, Trump signaled helium was unfastened to reaching a caller atomic statement with Iran, however, telling reporters successful New York, "sure, I would bash that." "We person to marque a deal, due to the fact that the consequences are impossible. We person to marque a deal," helium said, in comments reported by Politico.

For its part, Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tuesday that the state "will person to woody with the U.S. successful the determination and planetary arena," Reuters reported, signaling Iran could besides beryllium unfastened to talks.

A caller atomic woody mightiness not spell down good successful Israel, however, a state Trump formed himself arsenic a "protector" of during his predetermination campaign. Rubio excessively has been a vocal professional of Iran and a staunch protagonist of Israel arsenic it continues its attacks connected Iranian proxies, the militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah, successful Gaza and Lebanon, respectively.

In precocious September, Rubio gave his backing to the Israeli airstrike that killed Hezbollah's leader, Hassan Nasrallah, telling NBC News that "Israel has nary prime but to support itself. Wiping retired not conscionable Nasrallah, but the elder enactment of this evil organization, I think, is simply a work to humanity."  He besides said Iran's extremity successful the Middle East was to "seek to thrust America retired of the portion and past destruct Israel."

Rubio has not ruled retired taking a pragmatic attack to Tehran either, telling NBC News that "if the Iranian authorities time said, 'We're going to halt trying to go the determination power, we're going to halt our atomic weapons, we're going to halt sponsoring terrorism, we're going to halt trying to termination you —which is what they're trying to bash with Donald Trump — we're going to halt each of these things,' theoretically, yes. Of course, you could enactment thing similar that out."

Still, helium added that the script was "unlikely due to the fact that that's the precise driving ngo and intent of the regime." Iran has denied U.S. charges that Tehran was linked to an alleged crippled to termination Trump.

It's wide agreed that the incoming Trump medication volition beryllium acold much hostile toward granting Ukraine much subject aid, importantly inhibiting its quality to proceed to combat backmost against Russia. It's besides seen arsenic likely that a Republican medication volition propulsion Kyiv into bid talks with Russia successful which it volition beryllium forced to concede occupied onshore to its neighbour arsenic portion of a bid deal.

Rubio has insisted helium is "not connected Russia's side" but helium told NBC News successful precocious September that "unfortunately the world of it is that the mode the warfare successful Ukraine is going to extremity is with a negotiated settlement."

"We anticipation that erstwhile that clip comes, determination is much leverage connected the Ukrainian broadside than connected the Russian side. That truly is the extremity here, successful my mind. And I deliberation that's what [former President] Donald Trump is trying to say," Rubio said.

The legislator was initially a vocal protagonist of Ukraine but his, and different Republicans' backing has waned arsenic the backing measure has racked up aft 32 months of war, and arsenic home issues stay unresolved.

Rubio was among a tiny radical of hardline Republicans that voted successful April against a $95 cardinal assistance bundle to assistance Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel, saying helium opposed the measure due to the fact that the U.S. was not doing capable to tackle its ain home challenges, specified arsenic borderline information and immigration.