The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Is Everything Going According to Marco Rubio’s Plan?

January 14, 2026·46 min·5-min readconversationalpolitics
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Dexter Filkins, a staff writer at The New Yorker, discusses Marco Rubio’s transformation from a Trump critic to a central figure in his second-term administration, where he now serves as both Secretary of State and National Security Advisor. While Rubio once championed democracy and hum

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Dexter Filkins

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Dexter FilkinsTyler FoggattMarco RubioDonald TrumpNicolás MaduroMaría MachadoChris Van HollenSteve Witkoff

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Decades of Decadenceby Marco Rubio

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USAID

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Foreign PolicyGeopoliticsInvestigative JournalismLong Form JournalismUs Politics

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