Is Everything Going According to Marco Rubio’s Plan?
Dexter Filkins, a staff writer at The New Yorker, discusses Marco Rubio’s transformation from a Trump critic to a central figure in his second-term administration, where he now serves as both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor. While Rubio once championed democracy and hum
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