Vance and Rubio Offer Clues to Trump’s Foreign Policy — and the 2028 Race
The US vice president and secretary of state have divergent styles. Both are building credentials on the world stage as potential successors to Trump.
US Vice President JD Vance, President Donald Trump, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Oct. 14.
Photographer: Alex Wroblewski/CNP/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump’s boycott of this weekend’s Group of 20 summit in South Africa leaves the forum fumbling to divine his latest intentions on the global stage without a US representative for the first time since its inception.
Fortunately, world leaders can find insight in the foreign policy machinations of the US president’s top two lieutenants: Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Although those around them insist that there’s no mutual rivalry, it hasn’t curbed their boss’s impulse to fuel an Apprentice-style contest on the global stage.