“Marco Rubio has gone from bitter presidential rival to President Donald Trump’s go-to guy,” according to a Fox News report.
However, many experts are questioning the decision to give Rubio, a former Florida Senator, four different roles within the administration. Those four roles are Secretary of State, National Security Advisor, U.S. Archivist, and Head of USAID.
"Marco Rubio is very talented, but no one can do that," Joel Rubin, a former senior State Department official, told the outlet.
Rubin served under both Democratic and Republican administrations. He called the workload "not fair to the individual, not fair to the taxpayer, and not fair to President Trump, who needs strong, independent advice from a national security advisor."
Mark Feierstein, a former senior official at USAID, told Fox, "I think it's not, ‘Can Marco Rubio do four jobs?’ It’s, ‘Is he allowed to do his one job – which is Secretary of State?’"
He added, “Foreign counterparts may see him as pleasant in meetings, but they don't necessarily believe he can deliver."
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Feierstein pointed out advisors like Stephen Miller, and special envoy Steve Witkoff, who would typically report to Rubio. Instead, they bypass the Secretary of State entirely and go directly to Trump. "You've got loads of people who report directly to Trump or others. So now it's just chaos," he said.
“The national security advisor is traditionally the president’s closest aide on matters of war, peace and global crisis – physically located near the Oval Office and ready to brief the president at any moment,” Fox News' Morgan Phillips wrote. “That proximity is hard to maintain when the same person is flying overseas for diplomatic missions.”
Henry Kissinger was the last person to serve as both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor from 1975 to 1977.