Rubio takes aim at 'soulless global bureaucrats' pushing Marxism to undermine America

FIRST ON FOX: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is taking aim at "soulless global bureaucrats" using "rules-based order" arguments to undermine U.S.foreign policy in a speech Friday, warning that the "spirit of Marx" outlived the Soviet Union.U.S.

leaders of both parties defended the "rules-based international order," the network of postwar institutions America built.Rubio is set to argue the system has been turned against the country that built it, the same case he made at his January 2025 confirmation hearing, when he called the postwar order "a weapon being used against us."In a preview of Rubio’s speech obtained by Fox News Digital, he outlines how Marxism still has a strong presence in Western society, a view which is relevant amid the rise of communist and Marxist beliefs that have driven protests against the administration and Western beliefs.

The remarks are subject to change during his speech."For this global elite, 'international law' is not a neutral body of rules," Rubio is expected to say."It's an instrument to advance their interests under the pretense of universal principles.

They’re staunch defenders of democracy, until a particular election challenges their interests."RUBIO PUTS ENTIRE WORLD ON NOTICE AGAINST RISE OF 'POISONOUS' FAR-LEFT TERROR 'MASKED AS EQUALITY'U.S.President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for Secretary of State, Sen.

Marco Rubio (R-FL) testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations confirmation hearing at Dirksen Senate Office Building on Jan.15, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)"Even as we defeated the institution of Soviet communism, we did not triumph over the spirit of Marx," Rubio’s expected remarks read."It lives on, in these new forms and doctrines, which would subordinate the national will to the menial consensus of the world.

Marxism, in its traditional expression, sought to abolish the distinctions between men; the radicals of our time seek to abolish the distinctions between nations themselv...