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
boosted
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
boosted
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
boosted
![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
Australia will spend billions to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said Sunday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/asia-pacific/politics/australia-aukus-submarine-shipyard/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #australia#aukus #us #submarines #donaldtrump #marcorubio#richardmarles
Hours before top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio's visit to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu said that eliminating Hamas leaders would end the war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/netanayhu-hamas-gaza-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #benjaminnetanyahu #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #gazastrip #middleeast #marcorubio #donaldtrump
The U.S. backed the Philippines in rejecting China’s plan to create a national nature reserve at Scarborough Shoal in the disputed sea that separates the two nations, calling it "destabilizing.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/asia-pacific/us-china-scarborough-shoal-nature-reserve/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #scrarboroughshoal #southchinasea #disputedislands #us #marcorubio #philippines
The U.S. strike that blew up an alleged Venezuelan drug-running boat in the Caribbean, killing 11 people, marked a dramatic escalation in President Donald Trump’s hard-line strategy toward Latin America. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/07/world/politics/rubio-influence-growing-trump/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #marcorubio #venezuela #latinamerica
The U.S. government said it is suspending visitor visas for Gazans after a far-right influencer with the ear of Trump complained that wounded Palestinians had been allowed to seek medical treatment in the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/17/world/us-visas-gazans-influencer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lauraloomer #israel #gaza #immigration #middleeast #hamas #israelhamaswar #donaldtrump #us #marcorubio
The list provided phonetic pronouncers for all the Russian men expected at the summit, including "Mr. President POO-tihn."
Pages 6 & 7 in the packet described how lunch at the summit would be served, and for whom. A menu included in the documents indicated that the luncheon was to be held "in honor of his excellency Vladimir Putin."
A seating chart shows that #Putin & #Trump were supposed to sit across from each other during the luncheon. Trump would be flanked by: Secy of State #MarcoRubio, Secy of #Defense#PeteHegseth & WH Chief of Staff #SusieWiles to his right, & Secy of #Treasury#ScottBessent, Secy of #Commerce#HowardLutnick & Special Envoy for Peace Missions #SteveWitkoff to his left. Putin would be seated next to his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey #Lavrov, & his Aide for Foreign Policy, Yuri #Ushakov.