As Trump’s Iran War Stretches To A Month, Rubio And Vance Remain Curiously Quiet |
As Trump’s Iran War Stretches To A Month, Rubio And Vance Remain Curiously Quiet
The potential 2028 presidential aspirants have publicly supported Trump’s decision to launch a major war, but in recent weeks have been less visible.
Senior White House Correspondent, HuffPost
As President Donald Trump’s war against Iran approaches its four-week mark, two Republicans who could seek to succeed him in the White House have grown curiously quiet about it: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Two voices who in a normal administration would be key messengers on the president’s most consequential foreign policy decision have faded from view in recent weeks. Instead, the most frequent public advocate for the war appears to be Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who has made multiple appearances on television.
“Beats the hell out of me,” said David Axelrod, the Democratic consultant who helped Barack Obama win the White House twice. “Vance is easily understood. This is antithetical to his brand. Bessent is necessarily out there because while the war is a national security issue, its ramifications are very much economic. Rubio is bewildering because he was so........