WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News exclusively that critics of the America First foreign policy are dead wrong.
\n\n“I know that people in the media, not this media but other media, like to criticize the term ‘America First’ as some sort of evil thing,” Rubio said when asked to detail what America First means for foreign policy. “Let me ask people: How many candidates would be elected if they went out and told the American people, ‘My job is to put America second, or America third, or America last.’ If they don’t like America First, they should have the guts to go out there and tell people, ‘I am running for office on the belief that our foreign policy should be driven by America second or America third.’”
\n\n“No one ever does that because I think at its core everyone understands that our foreign policy—which is what I can speak about—has to be about what is good for America,” he explained. “I think every country should do that for their own countries, and foreign relations is how you untangle the differences.”
\n\nThe answer came in response to a question from Breitbart News in a long-form interview…
Original source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/