Rubio Tells All U.S. Diplomats They Have to Talk Like Trump

[babylonsister]

Rubio Tells All U.S. Diplomats They Have to Talk Like Trump
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Envoys have been told to ask “Would the President say this?” before commenting on world affairs.
Tom Sanders
Reporter
Updated Jul. 18 2025 8:12AM EDT
Published Jul. 18 2025 7:42AM EDT


Marco Rubio has instructed U.S. diplomats not to comment on the legitimacy or fairness of foreign elections, breaking with decades of American diplomatic practice.

The memo, sent to all Foreign Service officers overseas, states that U.S. missions abroad will no longer be issuing election-related statements or social media posts unless there is a “clear and compelling” foreign policy reason for doing so.

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The only legitimate election-related messages from now on should come from the secretary of state himself, the president, or an official department spokesperson, the memo read, warning diplomats not to speak on such issues without explicit approval.

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The move marks a wider shift by the Trump administration to downplay the promotion of democracy and human rights around the globe, as the president increasingly cosies up to autocratic leaders and pushes his “America First” approach to foreign policy.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/marco-rubio-bans-diplomats-from-criticizing-foreign-elections/

[atreides1]

1. Marco is a Castro advocate!!!

His parents came to America to find something different...they should have just stayed in Cuba...little Marco would have been the perfect Cuban diplomat!

[Hey Joe]

13. More like a castrated advocate

[Ocelot II]

2. Little Marco folded like a cheap lawn chair once he got that big SoS job.

Trump says Shit, he asks, What color? He's come (or descended) a long way from where he was in 2016:

Marco Rubio on Friday unleashed a full-frontal assault against Donald Trump, blasting him as a "con artist" who is hijacking the conservative movement and mercilessly mocking Trump's alpha-male status.

At a rally here, the U.S. senator from Florida unveiled what amounted to his most comprehensive — and scathing — critique of Trump yet, declaring it "time to pull off his mask so that people can see what we are dealing with here."

"He is a con artist," Rubio said. "He runs on this idea he is fighting for the little guy, but he has spent his entire career sticking it to the little guy — his entire career."

https://www.texastribune.org/2016/02/26/dallas-rubio-eviscerates-con-artist-trump/

[bdamomma]

15. Little

Marco wants to be President in 2028. Thus, he is kissing the ring, he has sold himself to this sick evil regime.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

3. Does it mean they have to talk at Grade 5 level? They have to lie continually? They have to simulate dementia often?

[Norbert]

4. Not the Onion

So we have to refer to the prime minister, Mr. Japan now.

[mahina]

9. HA!

You win the thread

[Prairie Gates]

5. Random capitalization and quotation markings are now the Law of the "Land"

[struggle4progress]

6. Before speaking, our diplomats must apply orange spray-tan and wear a bigly beautiful red tie

[Marthe48]

7. man woman camera

lie like a rug. Rinse and repeat

[mahina]

8. Oh shit. What do they know is coming?

That sounds ominous. And vile!!!!

[Ping Tung]

10. Do they also have to wear the same make up he does? Accumulate Trophy spouses?

[Passages]

11. So there is a sociopaths class they all must take before speaking. ok

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Will these diplomats be taught to speak in word salad

So now they're trying to regulate speech. Good luck with that.

[Kid Berwyn]

14. Who's that model remind me of?

Stupid, greedy and psychotic is so in!

[DFW]

16. So America no longer has a top diplomat

We have a top propaganda stooge.

Well, we can't do anything about that, but if anyone in the Trump administration thinks that there is a foreign minister out there who doesn't see through the scam, they are fooling themselves. We can't stop them from making fools of themselves, but I refuse to let them prevent me from informing people in other countries that the majority of the people of our country are not as obtuse or as evil as the ones who currently run the place.

I have no official diplomatic status, but I speak nine languages, as opposed to the Republicanese that appears to be the only language they know. I like my chances.

[Swede]

17. American Ambassador to British PM, "Crying Keir Starmer is low energy, total low iq"

Like that?

[Initech]

18. Remember when we used to have nice things in this country?