Summary
Secretary of State Marco Rubio grew visibly frustrated during an ABC News interview when questioned about the Trump administration’s approach to Russia.
Defending Trump’s push for peace talks with Putin, Rubio insisted negotiations were necessary but admitted the administration didn’t know Russia’s demands.
He clashed with host George Stephanopoulos over Trump’s refusal to call Putin a dictator and the U.S. siding with Russia in a recent UN vote.
Rubio also compared Trump’s handling of Ukraine to Biden’s approach to Israel, further escalating tensions.
I don’t think Rubio’s analogy is in any way adopting the idea that Biden’s extremely limited pushback on Netanyahu was because Israel did anything wrong, but instead just trying to legitimize Trump’s attempts at coercion as normal. Somehow that’s the thing he thinks people have a problem with, not the target.