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BootinUp

(51,302 posts)
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:10 AM Saturday

Marco Rubio's Inevitable Reckoning - Drezner's World

From the End of the article:

It’s not obvious at all that Rubio has provided any value-added over any other lapdog who would have occupied his position in his stead. Like everyone else, he has functioned as a yes man for Trump. Indeed, he has failed in both of his foreign policy roles. As national security advisor, he has administered no real policymaking process. As Secretary of State, he has failed to persuade any one about the wisdom of U.S. military action. Instead, as I wrote earlier this week, “here’s the thing about the Trump administration: it’s not just that their policies do not make a ton of sense or that they failed to do any strategic planning. It’s that they don’t care that they haven’t put in the work.”

Marco Rubio is not the architect of the Iran clusterfuck. But he is most definitely the author of the conditions that make the clusterfuck possible. At some point, the reckoning for his negligence will come back to haunt him.

https://open.substack.com/pub/danieldrezner/p/marco-rubios-inevitable-reckoning

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Marco Rubio's Inevitable Reckoning - Drezner's World (Original Post) BootinUp Saturday OP
But he built a Coalition Of The.... oh, nevermind C_U_L8R Saturday #1
Honestly? buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #2
Some people watch him closer than we do, I assume. nt BootinUp Saturday #3
Yeah buzzycrumbhunger Saturday #4

C_U_L8R

(49,373 posts)
1. But he built a Coalition Of The.... oh, nevermind
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:16 AM
Saturday

Somebody buy these clowns a copy of Basic Governance For Dummies.

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,931 posts)
2. Honestly?
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 08:43 AM
Saturday

I'd be hard pressed to even say what his position is, even after reading this.

I think the whole giant shoe thing (especially as he plays such a prominent role in the never-ending memes) has rendered him useless. Have we ever seen him looking like anything but a moping child?

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,931 posts)
4. Yeah
Sat Mar 28, 2026, 03:17 PM
Saturday

I tend to identify them more as Liar, Drunk, Grifter, Lunatic, Anger Issues, Sycophant... It's never been a normal cabinet. 🤪

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