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Florida Senator Marco Rubio conveyed a dark vision of the consequences of the United States' "unbalanced relationship" with China.
He echoed President-elect Donald Trump's anti-globalization rhetoric on Wednesday as he seeks confirmation as Secretary of State. He focused most of his remarks during a three-hour hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on warning that without a rapid and fundamental policy shift, China will remain the "greatest threat" to American prosperity in the 21st century.
"If we don't change course, we will live in a world where much of what matters to us in our daily lives, from our safety to our health, will depend on whether the Chinese let us have it or not," Mr. Rubio said.
Asked about NATO, the 75-year-old security organization that Mr. Trump has repeatedly criticized, Mr. Rubio affirmed its value, calling it a “very important alliance.” But Mr. Rubio supported President-elect Trump’s view that some European allies should contribute more to their collective defense, adding that the United States must decide whether it wants “a primary role in defense” or “a supporting role” against aggression.
He said that “placing core national interests above all else is not political isolationism. A foreign policy focused on our national interests is not an outdated relic.”
"The post-war global order is not just outdated; it has now become a weapon used against us," says Mr. Rubio.
Marco Rubio, who was born in Miami and is the son of two Cuban immigrants, if confirmed, would become the first Secretary of State of Latin American descent.
The confirmation hearing opens a new chapter in the political career of the 53-year-old Republican from Florida, who was Mr. Trump's rival in the 2016 Republican primary. During that year's campaign, there was an exchange of insults between him and Mr. Trump, but their relationship improved after the 2016 election. They became close allies during Mr. Trump's campaign for a second term in the White House last year.
Marco Rubio first came to Washington as part of the Tea Party movement in 2010 and has in the past supported a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants in the country. But Mr. Rubio’s views on immigration have shifted closer to the hardline stance pursued by Mr. Trump, who has vowed to aggressively begin deporting undocumented immigrants as soon as he takes office on Monday.
Ndryshe nga shumë kandidatë të tjerë për anëtarë të kabinetit të Presidentit të zgjedhur Trump, zoti Rubio pritet të marrë lehtësisht konfirmimin nga Senati, duke marrë mbështetjen jo vetëm nga republikanët, por edhe nga demokratët, të cilët e konsiderojnë atë si një zgjedhje "të përgjegjshme" për të përfaqësuar Shtetet e Bashkuara jashtë vendit. Ai pritet të jetë ndër të parët, që do të marrë miratimin për të shërbyer në kabinetin e zotit Trump.
Senatori demokrat Brian Schatz, i cili ka shërbyer së bashku me zotin Rubio në Komisionin për Marrëdhëniet me Jashtë, tha se ka shpresa të mëdha që republikani nga Florida do të refuzojë qasjen izolacioniste të aleatëve të tjerë të zotit Trump.
"Unë mendoj se Marco është i vijës së ashpër, por ai është gjithashtu ndërkombëtar, dhe unë mendoj se sfida për të do të jetë ruajtja e traditës së gjatë dypartiake të Amerikës që është e domosdoshme në çështjet botërore", tha ligjvënësi nga Havai. "Ka njerëz të zotit Trump që duan që ne të heqim dorë nga roli udhëheqës i botës së lirë. Dhe unë shpresoj që instinktet e Marcos ndaj forcës amerikane do të mbizotërojnë.”
Qasja e zotit Rubio ndaj politikës së jashtme bazohet në vitet e shërbimit të tij në Komisionin e Senatit për Marrëdhëniet me Jashtë dhe atë të Zbulimit. Në fjalimet dhe shkrimet e tij, ai ka bërë paralajmërime gjithnjë e më të ashpra për kërcënimet ushtarake dhe ekonomike në rritje ndaj Shteteve të Bashkuara, veçanërisht nga Kina, e cila thotë se ka përfituar nga një "rend botëror global" që ai e konsideron të vjetëruar.
Nëse konfirmohet, zoti Rubio do të drejtojë politikën e jashtme të Shteteve të Bashkuara, ndonëse roli i tij me siguri do të mbetet dytësor kundrejt zotit Trump, i cili e pëlqen skenën globale dhe shpesh përdor platformën e tij kundër aleatëve të Amerikës.
Para marrjes së detyrës, zoti Trump shkaktoi ankth në kryeqytetet e huaja duke kërcënuar se do të pushtojë Kanalin e Panamasë dhe Groenlandën dhe duke sugjeruar se do të bëjë presion ndaj Kanadasë që të bëhet shteti i 51-të i Shteteve të Bashkuara të Amerikës.
Vendimi i administratës së Presidentit Biden për të hequr Kubën nga lista e vendeve që mbështesin terrorizmin disa ditë para përfundimit të mandadit të tij, ka të ngjarë të zemërojë zotin Rubio, i cili për një kohë të gjatë ka mbështetur sanksionet e ashpra ndaj vendit komunist.
Zyra e zotit Rubio nuk iu përgjigj kërkesave të shumta të martën për komente mbi vendimin e Presidentit Biden për Kubën, që shumë analistë thonë se ka të ngjarë të anulohet nga administrata e zotit Trump.
Sekretarët e shtetit kanë luajtur një rol kyç në formulimin e politikës së jashtme të vendit që nga themelimi i tij, duke filluar nga Thomas Jeffersoni, i cili shërbeu në postin e lartë të kabinetit gjatë mandatit të Presidentit George Washington.
Jefferson, as well as his 19th-century successors, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, and James Buchanan, were all subsequently elected to the office of president of the country.
More recent secretaries of state have been less successful in their political ambitions, including former Senator John Kerry, who lost the 2004 presidential election to President George W. Bush before becoming Secretary of State, and former Senator Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election to Mr. Trump.
The most successful secretaries of state have been known for their closeness to the presidents they served, notably James Baker during the term of President George H.W. Bush, Condoleezza Rice during the term of President George W. Bush, and, to some extent, Hillary Clinton during the term of President Barack Obama.
Like Mrs. Clinton, Marco Rubio was once a political rival of the President-elect who nominated him to the post. However, the Clinton-Obama relationship during the 2008 Democratic primary was not as hostile as the one between Mr. Trump and Mr. Rubio in the 2016 Republican primary, which was marked by name-calling and personal insults.
Mr. Trump had a strained relationship with his first Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson. Mr. Trump fired him from the post in a social media post less than two years into his term./REL
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