'Hawkish choice': Axios co-founder weighs in on major expected Trump decision

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as Donald Trump’s next secretary of state would no doubt be “a hawkish choice” as the president-elect continues to build out his incoming administration, according to Axios co-founder Mike Allen, who adds the pick also sends a reassuring signal.

“This is to be reassuring to people around the world, to Republicans, to Democrats in Washington, of the choices that president-elect Trump had,” Allen told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins during an interview Monday near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. “Marco Rubio is a very traditional Republican.”

Allen, who described Rubio as “a great American story,” noted that the Florida senator is the son of two Cuban immigrants, and would be the nation’s first Latino secretary of state. Rubio, who Trump famously mocked as “little Marco” during the 2016 campaign, is also somebody who can carry Trump’s message, a trait the former president “really values.”

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“The world is so different than when President Trump was in office before, now president-elect Trump is coming into wars,” he said. “This is a hawkish choice. He’s been hawkish over the years on China, on Iran, on Cuba, but, as the reporting suggested earlier, he's moved toward Trump, including on the issue of a negotiated settlement for Ukraine, one of the biggest things on his plate, no question.”

Allen added that he views the administration picks that Trump has announced so far as “confirmable.”

“All very, like, responsible, reassuring to Republicans who were sort of hoping for the best Trump. These picks so far are very much in the Republican main lane,” he said.

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