Secretary of State Marco Rubio forcefully pushed back Wednesday against a Democratic lawmaker's suggestion that President Donald Trump may have considered personal financial interests when making decisions related to the recent conflict with Iran.Rubio called the allegation "completely false" and said he has never heard the president discuss his own finances in connection with war or foreign policy.The exchange came during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, when Rep.Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., pressed Rubio about whether he warned Trump that military action against Iran could increase costs for Americans and whether the president's personal stock holdings created a potential conflict of interest.HOW TRUMP HANDED THE DEMOCRATS A GIFT BY SEEMING TO DISMISS FINANCIAL WORRIES OF AMERICANS"Not once.
Just to be clear, not a single time, not even for a millisecond," Rubio said."Has the president ever discussed his personal economics and relations to war or any public policy that he's made, for that matter? And I've been in every one of his foreign policy meetings for the most part."Rubio's remarks came after Meeks questioned whether Trump had been warned that "personal stock purchases and companies profiting from the war that he launched could present a conflict of interest."Secretary of State Marco Rubio forcefully pushed back Wednesday against a Democratic lawmaker's suggestion that President Donald Trump may have considered personal financial interests when making decisions related to the recent conflict with Iran.
(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)"I'm not aware of the president's stock purchases," Rubio responded."I don't deal that.
And I don't even know what you're saying is true." When Meeks asserted that Trump's financial information was public, Rubio replied, "You say so.I don't read the president's financial disclosure, but I don't believe that."Meeks' line of questioning followed the release of Trump's annual financial disclosure, which showed more than 3,6...