Group of Seven foreign ministers discussed ways to increase pressure on Russia over the war in Ukraine amid doubts over whether Moscow is interested in negotiating an end to the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/world/politics/g7-russia-ukraine-peace/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #marcorubio #canada #anitaanand #g7 #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #vladimirputin #volodymyrzelenskyy
Lisa Melton
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#Trump Officials Accused of Mob Tactics to Kill a #Climate Measure
Nations were poised to approve the first fee on #pollution from #ships. That’s when the Trump admin began the #threats.
Among other threats from US officials, Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties & other punishments if they continued to support the ship pollution agreement.
#MafiaState #law #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/trump-climate-international-bullying.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
More than 100 nations were poised last month to approve a historic deal to slash #pollution from cargo #ships. That’s when the #UnitedStates launched a pressure campaign that officials around the world have called extraordinary, even by the standards of the #Trump admin’s combativeness, according to 9 diplomats on its receiving end.
An ambassador from #Asia was told that, if he voted in favor of the plan, his country’s sailors would no longer be allowed to disembark at #US ports. #Caribbean diplomats were told that they could be #blacklisted from entering the US. And #MarcoRubio, the secy of #state, personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties & other punishments if they continued to support the agreement to cut ship #pollution.
#Trump Officials Accused of Mob Tactics to Kill a #Climate Measure
Nations were poised to approve the first fee on #pollution from #ships. That’s when the Trump admin began the #threats.
Among other threats from US officials, Secretary of #State #MarcoRubio personally called officials in several countries to threaten financial penalties & other punishments if they continued to support the ship pollution agreement.
#MafiaState #law #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/climate/trump-climate-international-bullying.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Alex Akselrod
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#Senate #Democrats renewed their request for more info about the strikes in a [strongly worded] letter on Friday to Secy of State #MarcoRubio, DNI #TulsiGabbard & #Hegseth.
"We also request that you provide all legal opinions related to these strikes & a list of the groups or other entities the President has deemed targetable," the senators wrote.
#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower #Autocracy #MafiaState
#US lawmakers have been repeatedly
rebuffed by the White House in their demand that the #Trump admin release more info about the legal justification for the strikes as well as greater details about which cartels have been targeted & the individuals killed.
#Hegseth in his posting announcing the latest strike said "narco-terrorists are bringing drugs to our shores to poison Americans at home" & the Defense Dept "will treat them EXACTLY how we treated Al-Qaeda."
#Senate #Democrats renewed their request for more info about the strikes in a [strongly worded] letter on Friday to Secy of State #MarcoRubio, DNI #TulsiGabbard & #Hegseth.
"We also request that you provide all legal opinions related to these strikes & a list of the groups or other entities the President has deemed targetable," the senators wrote.
#Trump #criminal #law #murder #ExtrajudicialKillings #InternationalLaw #Constitution #Congress #WarPowers #AbuseOfPower #Autocracy #MafiaState
Germany’s far-right Alternative for Germany is courting support in Washington, leveraging ties to MAGA personalities who have risen to senior roles in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/politics/far-right-afd-trump-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #germany #republicans #donaldtrump #afd #jdvance #marcorubio
The U.S. is seeking to expand its strategic relationship with Pakistan but those ties don’t come at the expense of Washington’s relations with India, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/26/world/politics/us-pakistan-india-rubio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #pakistan #india #marcorubio #us
Alex Akselrod
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JFC!
#MarcoRubio promised to betray #US #informants to get #Trump the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT for #deportations
To secure Washington’s access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, the secretary of state made an extraordinary offer to President Nayib Bukele.
#law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary
https://wapo.st/4nbNiM4
Alex Akselrod
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El Hijo de Puta, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with the NAZI Nayib Bukele in El
Salvador by RENEGING on INFORMANTS in a YEARS-LONG investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements. #marcorubio
#bukele #NayibBukele #news #uspol #politics #elsalvador #MS13
https://archive.ph/1Pv0d
El Hijo de Puta, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with the NAZI Nayib Bukele in El
Salvador by RENEGING on INFORMANTS in a YEARS-LONG investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements. #marcorubio
#bukele #NayibBukele #news #uspol #politics #elsalvador #MS13
https://archive.ph/1Pv0d
To #deport them to #ElSalvador, AG #PamBondi would need to terminate the #DOJ’s arrangements with those men, #MarcoRubio said. He assured #Bukele that Bondi would complete that process & Washington would hand over the MS-13 leaders.
Rubio’s extraordinary pledge illustrates the extent to which the #Trump admin was willing to meet Bukele’s demands as it negotiated what would become one of the signature agreements of Trump’s early months in office.
In the days before the #Trump admin deported hundreds of #Venezuelan immigrants to #CECOT, a notorious prison in #ElSalvador, the president of that country demanded something: the return of 9 MS13 gang leaders in US custody. Secy of #State #MarcoRubio, in a March 13 phone call with Salvadoran President Nayib #Bukele, promised the request would be fulfilled….But there was one obstacle: Some of the MS-13 members Bukele wanted were “ #informants” under the #protection of the US govt, Rubio told him.
JFC!
#MarcoRubio promised to betray #US #informants to get #Trump the #ElSalvador prison #CECOT for #deportations
To secure Washington’s access to El Salvador’s most notorious prison, the secretary of state made an extraordinary offer to President Nayib Bukele.
#law #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #DueProcess #immigration #judiciary
https://wapo.st/4nbNiM4
Roland
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![Minterbruce
The photographer deserves a medal
[Image of Marco Rubio seeming to kiss Trump's hand but with the podium in the way, it looks like Marco Rubio is performing fellatio on Trump]](https://s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com/mastodonworld/media_attachments/files/115/381/284/786/886/937/original/51e3d3923798db2b.png)
Japan, South Korea and the U.S. reaffirmed their “resolute commitment” to Pyongyang's “complete denuclearization,” pouring cold water on heated speculation that Donald Trump could soon meet North Korea's Kim Jong Un. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/23/japan/politics/us-japan-south-korea-denuclearization/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #southkoreajapanrelations #southkorea #usjapanrelations #us #northkorea #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #takeshiiwaya #marcorubio #leejaemyung #kimjongun #missiles #china #taiwan
Arab and Muslim leaders are calling for a review of ties with Israel following its recent deadly strike on Hamas members in the Qatari capital. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/politics/arab-muslim-leaders-israel-qatar-attack/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #qatar #middleeast #israel #hamas #arableague #organisationofislamiccooperation #gulfcooperationcouncil #marcorubio #gaza #masoudpezeshkian #receptayyiperdogan #abdelfattahalsisi #sheikhtamimbinhamadalthani
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday backed Israel's new offensive on Gaza City and its goal of eradicating Hamas, casting doubt on whether diplomacy would work to end nearly two years of war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/politics/rubio-backs-israel-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #israel #marcorubio #benjaminnetanyahu #hamas #israelhamaswar #genocide #donaldtrump #middleeast #palestinians #gaza
Israeli forces forced thousands of people from their homes in Gaza City as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived to discuss the future of the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/israel-gaza-city-bombing-rubio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #us #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu