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• Reacties met een optimistische toon gingen viraal op sociale media, waarbij sommigen het een onofficiële start van zijn campagne voor 2028 noemden • Marco Rubio, de hoogste Amerikaanse diplomaat, heeft speculaties aangewakkerd over een mogelijke run voor het presidentschap in 2028 door een campagne-achtige video te publiceren waarin een hoopvolle visie van Amerika wordt gearticuleerd. • De verticale video van een minuut bevat beelden van Rubio, Donald Trump, straaljagers die over het Witte Huis vliegen, Amerikanen van verschillende rassen, voormalig Amerikaans president Ronald Reagan en de Stars and Stripes die tegen een blauwe lucht worden gehesen. Lees verder...

De Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken zal ook gesprekken voeren met de Italiaanse regering, die door Trump werd bekritiseerd vanwege het gebrek aan steun voor de oorlog tegen Iran.

US secretary of state’s two-day visit reportedly intended to thaw Washington’s frosty relations with Vatican and ItalyThe US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, will meet Pope Leo on Thursday, weeks after Donald Trump’s unprecedented broadside against the pontiff.Rubio will meet the first US-born pope privately in the Vatican’s apostolic palace at 11.30am (10.30 GMT), the Holy See’s press office confirmed on Monday after media reports on Sunday. Continue reading...

US secretary of state will be in Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo’s papacyUS secretary of state Marco Rubio will travel to Rome this week, a visit reportedly aimed at thawing frosty relations with the Italian government and the Vatican.Rubio will be in the Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, which will also mark the one-year anniversary of the papacy of Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff. Continue reading...

President has long been a fan of mixed martial artsIvanka and Donald Trump Jr also at eventDonald Trump and US secretary of state Marco Rubio attended a UFC event in Miami night on Saturday as peace talks with Iran failed on the other side of the world.Trump entered the Kaseya Center shortly after 9pm alongside several members of his family and UFC chief Dana White, who has been a supporter of the president since his first term. Seated nearby was Rubio as well as US ambassador to India Sergio Gor, the rapper Vanilla Ice and former FBI deputy director Dan Bongino. Continue reading...

Secretary of state’s remarks come as Israel threatens to expand its attacks on Iran and Tehran’s missiles and drones target IsraelMiddle East crisis – live updatesWashington expects its operation against Iran to conclude in “weeks, not months”, the US secretary of state has said, despite spiralling violence across the region and a threat from Israel to “escalate and expand” its attacks against the Islamic republic.“When we are done with them here in the next couple weeks, they will be weaker than they’ve been in recent history,” Marco Rubio told reporters on Friday after meeting G7 foreign ministers in France. Continue reading...