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Marco Rubio Standing ovation from our European allies

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He got through confirmation hearings because he had been knowledgeable, but alas, no one saw the strings attached and the puppeteer who would control them.

Who knows? With a different boss he might have some greatness.

But the strong consensus is that he's a complicit sellout.
 
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He got through confirmation hearings because he had been knowledgeable, but alas, no one saw the strings attached and the puppeteer who would control them.

Who knows? With a different boss he might have some greatness.

But the strong consensus is that he's a complicit sellout.
Mark Rubio has achieved greatness. The liberals are the only ones who refuse to admit that.
 
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Having watched that, I can confidently say that the characterizations in the article itself were, a bit over the top.

It was a bit tepid (as standing ovations go) but yes people stood up..
 
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Mark Rubio has achieved greatness. The liberals are the only ones who refuse to admit that.
SoS used to be a stepping stone to the Presidency, (given that if push-came-to-shove I’d vote for Rubio over sycophant-in-chief Vice President Vance, he might head the 2028 ticket?…assuming Trump doesn’t want to challenge the 22nd Amendment).
 
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The speech has an end time light to it.
Meh.
“Don’t look backward, look forwards!” is a perennial favorite across the globe.
7/10
 
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SoS used to be a stepping stone to the Presidency, (given that if push-came-to-shove I’d vote for Rubio over sycophant-in-chief Vice President Vance, he might head the 2028 ticket?…assuming Trump doesn’t want to challenge the 22nd Amendment).
I will gladly vote for either Vance or Rubio.
 
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Meh.
“Don’t look backward, look forwards!” is a perennial favorite across the globe.
7/10
Sure, the speech is refreshing!. The creation of the last empire before the end is about to begin.
 
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Won’t that be “exciting”?
Yes very exciting especially for those who are waiting patiently for such events to be fulfilled. We are fortunate to be living in such a momentous time in the history of mankind.
 
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Yes very exciting especially for those who are waiting patiently for such events to be fulfilled. We are fortunate to be living in such a momentous time in the history of mankind.
Womankind, too? One never knows these days.
 
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Yes very exciting especially for those who are waiting patiently for such events to be fulfilled. We are fortunate to be living in such a momentous time in the history of mankind.
I would much rather go about my eternity without having witnessed the “end-of-the-world”, thanks anyways.
 
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The german politicians who stood up (Foreign Minister Wadephul, Defense minister Pistorius and bavarian minister president Söder) are claiming that the standing ovation was pure politeness and not a sign of enthusiastic agreement.

Personally, I think it's a pathetic display, and thus fits well with the german government and especially our chancellor Merz, who is willing to turn his coat at a moments notice and kick anyone else off the ladder if it means he can get a bit further up.

As for the speech, Rubio might have been more polite, but he was no less hostile, and the fact that he then continued on to butter up the most right-wing, russia-friendly governments of the EU says it all. This is just divide and conquer, and our leaders are falling over each other in the attempt to end up on the side of the division that gets the carrot and not the stick.
 
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Yes very exciting especially for those who are waiting patiently for such events to be fulfilled. We are fortunate to be living in such a momentous time in the history of mankind.
Said every generation of Christians from 33ad onwards but I know totes different this time unlike the past 2000 years.
 
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