President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), will pose a challenge to the globalist foreign policy establishment in his opening statement at his confirmation hearing Wednesday, Breitbart reported. News exclusively learned. .
Rubio's remarks, provided exclusively to Breitbart News ahead of public release, are harsh criticisms of the globalist elites that have dominated America's foreign policy worldview for the past several decades since the end of the Cold War. It shows.
“At the end of World War II, the United States was tasked with creating a “free half'' world order out of chaos, in the words of then-Secretary Acheson, “without blowing the whole thing to pieces in the process.'' ,” Rubio said. I would say according to a prepared opening statement. “In the decades that followed, the world order they created was beneficial to us. Americans' incomes rose and their communities prospered. Alliances were born in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, and stability in these regions increased. , democracy, and prosperity were born, and a devastating World War III was prevented. And finally, the Berlin Wall fell, and with it, the 'Evil Empire' was born.”
But once the United States won the Cold War and the Berlin Wall fell, Mr. Rubio would say, a “dangerous delusion” of grandeur took root in the thinking of globalist elites. They thought they had reached the “end of history'' and the “liberal state'' had arrived. “World order” will overtake national identity.
“In a triumphant end to the long Cold War, there is a bipartisan consensus that we have reached the 'end of history,'” Rubio would say. “All countries on earth will become members of a Western-led democratic community. Foreign policies that serve national interests may be replaced by foreign policies that serve the “liberal world order.'''' And all humanity is now destined to abandon its national identity and become “one human family'' and “world people.'' This was no mere fantasy. That was a dangerous delusion. ”
In the next three sentences, Rubio discusses how the obsession with a new world order over the past few decades has led to trade, immigration, and national security policies that have devastated America's working and middle classes. Explain why.
“Here in the United States, and in many developed countries around the world, an almost religious commitment to free and unfettered trade at the expense of the national economy has shrunk the middle class and endangered the working class. “We disrupted industrial capacity and put critical supply chains in the hands of our adversaries and rivals,” Rubio would say. “An irrational zeal to maximize the freedom of movement of people has created a historic mass immigration crisis here in the United States and around the world, threatening the stability of societies and governments, and in the Western world. Now, governments are censoring and even prosecuting political opponents within their borders, while radical jihadists march openly in the streets and ram their vehicles into their own citizens.
But while the United States is retreating from using its influence to serve its national interests on the world stage, Rubio will argue that other countries are wielding it. Mr. Rubio will be particularly aggressive in criticizing China. But he will also blame the bad actors in the Western Hemisphere, claiming that Iran, North Korea, and Russia are all brandishing this “postwar world order” structure as a “weapon” against the United States.
“While the United States has too often continued to prioritize “world order'' over its core national interests, other countries have and continue to prioritize what they perceive to be their best interests. We continued to act as countries have always done,” Rubio said. “And instead of being integrated into the post-Cold War world order, they have manipulated it to suit their own interests at the expense of ours. We welcome the Chinese Communist Party into this world order. And they got all the benefits. But they ignored all of their duties and responsibilities. Instead, they lied, cheated, hacked, and stole to build our global superpower status. We've made sacrifices in our hemisphere. Despots and narco-terrorists are taking advantage of open borders to drive mass immigration, traffick women and children, and flood communities with fentanyl and violent criminals. Then dictators create chaos and disorder. The post-war world order, sowing stability, collaborating with and funding radical terrorist organizations, and hiding behind a veto at the United Nations and the threat of nuclear war, is not just outdated. , a weapon used against us.”
Mr. Rubio said the United States now faces challenges similar to those in the immediate post-World War II period, calling it the “greatest challenge of geopolitical instability and generational global crisis in the president's lifetime.” “We must face the risks of Anyone alive here today. ”
“Eighty years later, we are once again being asked to create a world free from chaos,” Rubio said. “This will not be easy, and it will not be possible without a strong and confident America that once again puts its core interests above all else and engages the world. Years ago, we saw the beginning of what it would become. During President Trump's first term, America's power was a deterrent against adversaries and an influence on our nation's diplomacy. There was no new war, ISIS was defeated, Soleimani was dead, and the historic Abraham Accords were born, making Americans safer.
Mr. Rubio would then say that President Trump will return to the White House “with an undeniable mandate from his constituents.” Voters want a strong America that is “engaged with the world,” but guided by a clear purpose to promote peace abroad. And here in my hometown, I wish you safety and prosperity. ”
“That's the promise President Trump was elected to keep,” Rubio would say. “And if I'm confirmed, keeping that promise will be a core mission of the U.S. State Department. Tragically, horrific atrocities and unimaginable human suffering have been committed on nearly every continent. And I'm sure you'll be asked today about a range of programs and activities that the Department of State has in place to address those. As a nation founded on the revolutionary truth that all men are created equal and that their rights come not from men but from God, we are never indifferent to the suffering of our fellow citizens. But ultimately, under President Trump, the State Department's top priority must be, and will continue to be, America. ”
Rubio will conclude by elaborating on three questions that he says will guide all of the Trump administration's foreign policy decisions. Will it make America stronger? Will it make America richer? ”
Rubio's confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET.
