Marco Rubio insists he wont quit Trump admin but demurs on growing 2028 buzz

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is staying put as speculation swirls about his 2028 ambitions, which he declined to address.The top US diplomat and national security adviser dismissed reports by multiple outlets Thursday indicating he is eyeing an exit from the Trump administration – to potentially prepare to launch a presidential bid – in the wake of the brutal midterm elections for the GOP. Rubio told the New York Times that working for President Trump for the duration of his second term has “always been my plan.” “I don’t know where these things come from, to be honest with you,” he said of the reports.“I love the work I’m doing,” Rubio added.“And plus I always laugh when they say he’s going to leave his job.

I go, ‘Which one?’”White House and State Department officials were equally adamant that Rubio isn’t leaving his post.Bloomberg News reported that Rubio has discussed the possibility of stepping down with White House officials and that he and his advisers are going over future options. “This fake news is nothing more than a fabricated hoax being peddled by anonymous sources with no factual information,” White House spokesperson Beni Rae Harmony said in a statement.“Secretary Rubio is a fearless fighter for President Trump and the MAGA movement.”Meanwhile, GOP sources and UK government figures told The Independent they view Rubio as the leading candidate to succeed President Trump and expect the secretary of state to resign in an effort to “distance himself from the Iran war.”Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson called the report “completely baseless fake news from made-up anonymous ‘sources.'” “We look forward to revisiting this ‘report’ in the coming weeks to celebrate yet another humiliating own goal by The Independent,” Johnson added. Rubio, who was defeated by Trump in the 2016 presidential primary, is indeed viewed as a serious future GOP presidential ...