Marco Rubio is set to become Americas top diplomat as Donald Trumps pick for Secretary of State - a surprising turn after their past rivalry (when Trump dubbed him “Little Marco“ about 8 years ago)
In a re-shared video from last winter Rubio made his position clear about the Middle-East situation:
No‚ I will not. On the contrary … I want [Israel] to destroy every element of Hamas they can get their hands on. These people are vicious animals who did horrifying crimes
The 53-year old senator wont support peace talks unless Hamas gives up and frees hostages; this marks a big shift from current White-Houses approach
Trump is building his future team with careful picks - Michael Waltz (an ex-Green Beret) will handle foreign policy‚ while Kristi Noem gets homeland security role (despite some PR issues related to her dog-hunting story)
The immigration-focused appointments include Tom Homan as border czar‚ showing Trumps focus on his promise to remove un-documented migrants when he takes office next winter
For the Israel post Mike Huckabee got the nod: the ex-Arkansas governor and religious leader will represent U.S interests in Tel-Aviv. The choice shows Trumps plan to give Israel more room for military actions - matching his october statement to Netanyahu to “do what you have to do“
The new teams view on global issues is clear: they want less U.S help for Ukraine (calling it a “stalemate-war“)‚ stronger stance against China and Iran‚ plus tighter border controls