Rubio Gives Master Class In Handling Foreign Affairs
Rubio laid out a common-sense approach to U.S. foreign policy by suggesting American diplomacy should work in American interests.
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Rubio Gives Master Class In Handling Foreign Affairs
Rubio laid out a common-sense approach to U.S. foreign policy by suggesting American diplomacy should work in American interests.
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NBC News chronicled one such episode in October 2022.
“Biden had barely finished telling Zelenskyy he’d just greenlighted another $1 billion in U.S. military assistance for Ukraine when Zelenskyy started listing all the additional help he needed and wasn’t getting,” the network reported. “Biden lost his temper, the people familiar with the call said. The American people were being quite generous, and his administration and the U.S. military were working hard to help Ukraine, he said, raising his voice, and Zelenskyy could show a little more gratitude.”
During the interview, Rubio continued to frame Zelensky as a hostile foreign actor for denying U.S. access to his nation’s rich mineral deposits after American taxpayers funded Ukraine’s defense.
“We explained to them, ‘look we want to be in joint venture with you not because we’re trying to steal from your country, but because we think that’s actually a security guarantee,” Rubio said.
