Secretary of State Marco Rubio, fresh off his unanimous confirmation in the Senate, sent a cable to every U.S. diplomatic and consular post on Tuesday outlining his America First and “common sense” approach to diplomacy.
The former U.S. senator from Florida is President Trump’s first cabinet member to be approved by the Senate. Now at the head of Trump’s diplomatic corps, Rubio is upending what he sees as a dangerously mistaken approach to foreign policy that has dominated U.S. diplomacy for close to three decades, according to Real Clear Politics, which obtained first a copy of Rubio’s memo.
“Our department will take the lead in revitalizing alliances, strengthening ties with other partners and allies, and countering the malign activities of our adversaries. We will refocus American foreign policy on the realities of today’s reemerging great power rivalry,” the memo says.
Rubio blamed the misplaced priorities on “leaders in both political parties” who “began…
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