Rubio is now a loyal and staunch supporter of Trump and will probably turn into his prime diplomat. However he was certainly one of Trump’s largest critics when he unsuccessfully ran in opposition to him within the 2016 Republican presidential major.
On the time, the Florida lawmaker in contrast the then-reality TV persona to a “third-world strongman” and warned that “for years to return, there are various folks on the appropriate, within the media, and voters at massive, which are going to be having to clarify and justify how they fell into this lure of supporting Donald Trump as a result of this isn’t going to finish effectively, in some way.”
Rubio additionally stated: “Donald Trump, a con artist, won’t ever get management of this social gathering.”
And, “We can’t permit a con artist to get entry to the nuclear codes of the USA of America.”
Rubio again then additionally joked concerning the dimension of Trump’s palms (hinting concerning the dimension of his rival’s penis), prompting Trump through the major debate to ensure there’s “no downside” down there.
Trump gave a very good as he obtained, although, nicknaming Rubio as “little Marco” and calling him a “light-weight” who “I wouldn’t rent to run certainly one of my smaller corporations – a extremely overrated politician!”
Rubio, nevertheless, later turned certainly one of Trump’s largest allies and was even reportedly within the combine to turn into his operating mate.
That function ultimately went to JD Vance.