Newly confirmed US Secretary -General Marco Rubio has outlined his foreign policy plan in Novi Wall Street Journal OP-ed On Friday, declaring that his department will be focused on the development of America’s relationship with immediate neighbors.
Rubio, a former Senator of Florida, said US diplomats “neglected” America’s relations with Western hemisphere countries, while favorating those with countries on the opposite side of the world. The new main diplomat said the approach was over.
“For many reasons, US foreign policy has long focused on other regions, overlining her own. As a result, we let the problems bother, missed opportunities and neglected partners. This is now ends,” he wrote.
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State Secretary Marco Rubio compiled on Wall Street Journal on Friday, focusing on America’s relations with the country of Western hemisphere. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
From the victory of President Donald Trump, the President, the President hinted at his intention of shaking up with the main countries of the Western hemisphere. He was thinking about creating Canada 51. Stateexplored the possibility of Greenland to become an American territory, and once took a more aggressive attitude towards Latin American countries that do not suppress the flow of illegal immigration.
The president threatened tariffs against Colombia last week after the country initially refused to accept the return of Colombian caught by illegally trying to enter the US. State Department also published a statement, announcing travel sanctions with Colombian individuals involved in blocking the return of migrants and. Suspension of visa issuing in the US Embassy in the country.
In spite of these punishments, Colombian President Gustavo Petro relented, Even offering the use of their own presidential aircraft to restore migrants to the country.
Rubio emphasized that his department will focus on the construction of relationships and resolving disputes with these nearby countries, especially since now he tries to carry out stronger border controls.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio swore vice president JD Vance at the ceremonial office of Vice -Presidents in the Eisenhower Executive Affairs building at the White House Campus on Tuesday, January 21, 2025, in Washington, while his wife Jeanette Rubio looks on. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
“The foreign politics of President Trump begins near the house. Among his main priorities is the insurance of our borders and a reversal of a catastrophic invasion that the last administration has admitted. The role of diplomacy in this effort is central,” he wrote. “We need to work with countries of origin to stop and distract the further flow of migrants and accept the return of our citizens present to the USA illegally.”
The diplomat mentioned that some countries cooperate “enthusiastically”, while others are “less”. Noticing Colombia, he mentioned that Trump’s sharp treatment with this country would expand to others who do not cooperate.
Still, Rubio emphasized that Trump’s “vision of the hemisphere remains positive.”
“We see a prosperous region with opportunities. We can strengthen trade connections, create partnerships to control migration and improve our hemisphere safety,” he wrote.
He called his upcoming trip El SalvadorGuatemala, Costa Rica, Panama and the Dominican Republic, stating that these countries “have a great benefit to the greater cooperation with the US”, as “neglected by administrations that are prioritized globally over local and persecuted policies that accelerated China economic development. “
Rubio emphasized that his department will focus on the construction of relationships and resolving disputes with these nearby countries, especially since now he tries to carry out stronger border controls. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
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Furthermore, Rubio signaled the intention of the United States to focus his supply chains on the Western hemisphere, unlike depending on the “distant” to those devastated by the covid-19. “The movement of our critical supply chains to the Western hemisphere would clean the way for the economic growth of our neighbors and protect the economic security of the Americans,” he said, “closer relations with the USA leads to more jobs and greater growth in these countries.”
Rubio emphasized that mass migration “destabilized the whole of our region” and allowed drug cartels to poison American and other Latin American communities. He noted that “illegitimate regimes in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela deliberately enhance chaos.”
Despite the problems, he expressed the optimism that the Western hemispheres “will be” willing to partners “with the US to deal with these issues and become more prosperous. “Like President Trump, their leaders are pragmatists who put their citizens first. And since they are pragmatic, they also know that they can get much more work with the US than not.”
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The secretary concluded that OP-ed, writing: “We share a common home. The safer, the stronger and the more prosperous, the more our people, the more our peoples benefit. Together, there are few limitations into what we can achieve.”
