Secretary of State Marco Rubio might be forced to hand the National Security Council (NSC) over to Stephen Miller, according to an analysis from Bloomberg.
“At this early point in Donald Trump’s second term as president, Marco Rubio is riding higher than many predicted,” Columnist Andreas Kluth wrote. “Yet he appears simultaneously to be getting weaker and hollower by the day.”
Kluth, who covers US diplomacy, national security, and geopolitics for the outlet, claimed “Washington’s foreign-policy wonks assumed that Rubio would be among the first to be pushed out of the administration.”
They were not only shocked to see National Security Advisor Michael Waltz demoted, but also “ever-feckless and chaos-prone Defense Secretary” Pete Hegseth on the chopping block next.
Waltz's dismissal gave way for Rubio to become head of the NSC. The only other person to be both head of the NSC and Secretary of State at the same time was Henry Kissinger.
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But Rubio has more than just these two roles, the former senator is also acting USAID head and acting archivist.
Kluth believes the main secret to Rubio’s success is “his willingness to abandon all pride and principle in toadying up to Trump.”
“Rubio is just as zealous in gutting the bureaucracies which he’s running, but which MAGA considers parts of the deep state,” Kluth said. “
In his roles, Rubio has overseen the “dismantling of USAID,” more importantly, Kluth says Rubio has “alienated many career diplomats in the foreign service.”
“All of this rhymes with Trump’s message and style, which Rubio has made his own.”
“Staffing at both State and the Council now depends relatively less on expertise and more on fealty to POTUS.” Going over a worst-case scenario, Kluth claimed, “as rumor has it, Rubio may eventually hand the NSC over to Stephen Miller, a Trump firebrand with no notable qualifications for the role.”
More than just turning over the NSC to Miller, the columnist claims, despite the title, Rubio is not acting as “America’s top diplomat.” Instead, Kluth believes the true top diplomat in the country is “Steve Witkoff, a real-estate tycoon whom Trump has made special envoy for all sorts of overseas crises.”
Kluth believes Rubio has abandoned his worldview for Trump’s. The columnist noted how in 2016 their world views were “stark,” adding, “Trump’s transactional autocrats-come-hither, allies-be-damned nihilism versus the hawkish and often moralistic notions about American exceptionalism and leadership that Rubio used to hold.”