Trump at his absolute best right now in the oval office! What a day

Joy Reid's mad enough to punch a midget

Senate unanimously confirmed Marco Rubio as Secretary of State
With Senate confirmation, Rubio becomes first of Trump's Cabinet picks to secure their position

By Alec Schemmel | Fox News
Published January 20, 2025 6:54pm EST

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio was confirmed unanimously by the Senate to be the next secretary of state, making him the first of President Trump's Cabinet picks to receive congressional approval.

Rubio, a senator since 2011, was confirmed during a floor vote by the full Senate Monday night, several hours after Trump took his oath of office earlier in the day. The full Senate floor vote occurred following a separate vote by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which also voted unanimously in favor of Rubio's nomination Monday.

Rubio enters his role as secretary of state with a strong foreign policy background as a longtime member of the Senate's Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees. He is also a first-generation Cuban American.

His road to confirmation has been less controversial than many of Trump's other Cabinet picks. At Rubio's first confirmation hearing last week in front of the Foreign Relations Committee, the committee's top-ranking Democrat, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, said she thought Rubio possessed "the skills" and is "well-qualified" to serve as the next secretary of state. She echoed this sentiment Monday evening as well before the full Senate vote.

"I've had a good working relationship with Sen. Rubio for many years, and I was very impressed during his hearing by his grasp of policy," Shaheen said Monday evening. "While we may not always agree, I believe he has the skills, knowledge and qualifications to be secretary of state."

Rubio expressed during his initial confirmation hearing last week that under Trump the State Department's "top priority" will be to put America first.

"This will not be easy," Rubio said. "And it will be impossible without a strong and a confident America that engages in the world, putting our core national interests, once again, above all else."

Rubio will face some major challenges heading into his new role, notably the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Rubio described the fighting between Ukraine and Russia as a "stalemate" that "has to end" during his confirmation hearing last week, adding that under Trump's proposed peace deal both countries will have to make "concessions." Meanwhile, despite Trump's past criticisms of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Rubio called the alliance "very important" and insisted that Trump was also a NATO supporter.

On Gaza, Rubio supported Israel's actions to defend itself against Hamas but stopped short of indicating one way or the other if he thought Israel's annexation of parts of the West Bank was something he supported.

"The idea would be that there not be conflict and the people could live side-by-side with one another without being in conflict and with the ability to pursue prosperity," Rubio said. "Sadly and unfortunately the conditions for that to exist have not been in place for a substantial period of time."

Rubio also repeatedly singled out China during his remarks in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week. "We welcomed the Chinese Communist Party into this global order. And they took advantage of all its benefits. But they ignored all its obligations and responsibilities," Rubio posited at his hearing. "Instead, they have lied, cheated, hacked and stolen their way to global superpower status, at our expense."

While Rubio did not face significant opposition to his confirmation, some Trump-aligned Republicans have expressed disdain over Rubio's willingness to certify the results of the 2020 election that Trump alleged was "stolen" from him. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., who has been an outspoken supporter of less U.S. intervention, also questioned Rubio's hawkish stance on American intervention amid his confirmation to be secretary of state.

Trump signs pardon for about 1,500 Jan. 6 defendants in Oval Office

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Originally posted by parabellum:
Joy Reid on MSNBC is losing her shit.

Same with Rachel Madcow, over the fact that the wealthiest guys on the planet, all who were on the side of Democrats 8 years ago, are seated behind Trump on stage.

"There ripping us off and that is coming to an end."

Amen Prez

Donald Trump DEFINITELY puts in a full day!

And apparently he can multi-task, as evidenced by a combined presser, responding to any and all questions, candidly, openly and honestly, all while signing a PILE of Executive Orders!

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Originally posted by oddball:
My wife suggested this celebration dinner tonight.
Usually don't drink on Mondays, but today is special

I literally thought about Trump’s night in the White House tonight and that the chef came and said, “Mr. President, what would you like for your celebration dinner? Anything you want” and Trump replied, “Order McDonalds!” Lol

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Originally posted by nhracecraft:
Donald Trump DEFINITELY puts in a full day!...

And tomorrow he will fully remember, having done every bit of it, in detail.

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Originally posted by old rugged cross:
"There ripping us off and that is coming to an end."

Amen Prez

Everything Trump said today was so spot on, but I did really like what he said about the Panama Canal. America did and sacrificed so much to build it and then to be slapped in the face when we gift it to them? Oh hell no, take it back! Hell yes!

For the first time in history, 1-8 inches of snow predicted in The Gulf of America.

Wow. What a day.

And, he still has to go the Ball tonight !!

Yes, what an incredible day.

So at the capitol one center at the parade. When the families of the Israel hostages came up and he was greeting them. About 2/3rds of the way through the line it stalled. When going down to the stage to talk to the crowd and to go sign some of the exc. orders. You could tell he was set on going to the remaining family members to greet and talk with them. Which he did. Most people would have no idea what it meant to those families. But I am sure it meant every thing to them. If that does not tell you anything about the man leading our country than you do not have a clue.

God Bless President Trump.

I watched the nitwits on CNN melt down about the J6 pardons. Fauxahontas, axelrod, raskin and van jones. It was a lesson in hypocrisy. Especially raskin since he got one since he's on the J6 committee. He says its different because all J6 committee members are innocent vs the J6 pardonees.

^^^ Fucking filth. That's my opinion of these maggots. And, there are folks who say we should reach across the aisle, compromise and work with these shit stains.

John Bolton and all of the 51 "Intelligence officials" who claimed the Hunter Biden laptop was "Russian disinformation" have had their security clearance revoked.

Brennan, Clapper, Priess, all those assholes. They never expected this.

"abuses of the public trust" is exactly right.

https://x.com/DogRightGirl/status/1881526880765182147

^^^ Promise made, promise kept.

Good to Clapper and especially the extra creepy Brennan revoked.

And then there's this:

A ‘Key Democratic Senator’ is Rumored to be Switching to the Republican Party in Next Week