President-elect Trump is expected to nominate Florida Senator Marco Rubio As Secretary of State, a source familiar tells Fox News:

The source said that while Trump may change his mind at the last minute, he currently plans to offer the job to Rubio, a three-term senator who the former president considered as his running mate before naming Sen. J.D. Vance this summer. as the GOP vice presidential candidate.

Spokespersons Trump transition He did not immediately comment.

The news was first reported by the New York Times earlier this evening.

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Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump greets Florida Republican GOP Senator Marco Rubio during his campaign rally at JS Dorton Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina on November 4, 2024. (Getty Images)

Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles, was first elected to the Senate in 2010 as part of the Tea Party wave. He is known on Capitol Hill as a foreign policy hawk who advocates maintaining U.S. alliances abroad, including NATO.

But Rubio, who sits on both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Foreign Relations Committee, has taken similar positions as Trump on international conflicts, including Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war with Hamas.

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In April, the 53-year-old senator voted against $95 billion in U.S. aid to Ukraine and called on the eastern European country to negotiate with Russia to end the war.

Rubio was Trump’s opponent in the heated battle for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016 (Trump called him ‘Little Marco’) but over the years he has become a strong ally of Trump in the Senate.

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, appears on stage with U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) (R) and Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders during a campaign rally at JS Dorton Arena on November 4, 2024 in Raleigh, N.C. Carolina (Chip Somodevilla)

Rubio, the son of Cuban exiles, would become the first Latino Secretary of State in the country’s history.

The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC), a big supporter of Trump this year, applauded the news.

“With Senator Rubio leading the State Department, we know America will stand shoulder to shoulder with our allies and confront our enemies,” RJC National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman and CEO Matt Brooks said in a statement.

“In these extraordinarily dangerous times, Senator Rubio is an outspoken advocate for Israel and has always had the Jewish state’s back,” they added.

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Less than a week after winning a second term in the White House, Trump began shaping his cabinet.

In the last 24 hours, Trump has named New York Rep. Elise Stefanik as ambassador to the United Nations, Tom Homan as his new “border czar,” Florida Rep. Michael Waltz as national security adviser, and Florida Rep. Michael Waltz as national security adviser. chose as. Former Representative Lee Zeldin of New York will run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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