How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump’s Gaza plan
- Posted on February 6, 2025
- By The Toronto Star
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How Rubio’s trip abroad was overshadowed by foreign policy at home, from USAID to Trump’s Gaza plan
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio may have hoped to spend his first trip abroad focused exclusively on issues close to his heart: immigration,