Marco Rubio

I mean, I'm telling you that if you look at what happened with Colombia, generally speaking, if a leader had said, I'm going to turn back these planes, I'm not going to take them, we would have sent a note, a demarche to call it, complaining about it.

I mean, I'm telling you that if you look at what happened with Colombia, generally speaking, if a leader had said, I'm going to turn back these planes, I'm not going to take them, we would have sent a note, a demarche to call it, complaining about it.

I mean, I'm telling you that if you look at what happened with Colombia, generally speaking, if a leader had said, I'm going to turn back these planes, I'm not going to take them, we would have sent a note, a demarche to call it, complaining about it.

and we would have then had a high-level outreach back and forth, and we would have figured this out, and it would have taken six weeks or what have you. In this particular case, we presented President Trump with options. He immediately took action, and the back channels existed.

and we would have then had a high-level outreach back and forth, and we would have figured this out, and it would have taken six weeks or what have you. In this particular case, we presented President Trump with options. He immediately took action, and the back channels existed.

and we would have then had a high-level outreach back and forth, and we would have figured this out, and it would have taken six weeks or what have you. In this particular case, we presented President Trump with options. He immediately took action, and the back channels existed.

There was a lot of conversation with other figures in the Colombian government who had agreed to this and were trying to figure out a path to get us right, but it didn't take six weeks or six months. It took six hours.

There was a lot of conversation with other figures in the Colombian government who had agreed to this and were trying to figure out a path to get us right, but it didn't take six weeks or six months. It took six hours.

There was a lot of conversation with other figures in the Colombian government who had agreed to this and were trying to figure out a path to get us right, but it didn't take six weeks or six months. It took six hours.

Shocked? No, I don't think they were shocked. I think it reaffirmed what they believe about him. And that is that this is not a traditional sort of orthodox American president who is going to be tangled up by interagency, you know, impediments in our government. This is someone who's action-oriented and is going to do things, actually going to do what he says.

Shocked? No, I don't think they were shocked. I think it reaffirmed what they believe about him. And that is that this is not a traditional sort of orthodox American president who is going to be tangled up by interagency, you know, impediments in our government. This is someone who's action-oriented and is going to do things, actually going to do what he says.

Shocked? No, I don't think they were shocked. I think it reaffirmed what they believe about him. And that is that this is not a traditional sort of orthodox American president who is going to be tangled up by interagency, you know, impediments in our government. This is someone who's action-oriented and is going to do things, actually going to do what he says.

So, yeah, I mean, I don't think they were shocked. I think it was a good reminder. And look, I want to be clear, most of the people in the Colombian government are friendly to the United States. They were horrified by what was happening. I mean, there were leaders of their congressional branch over there that were putting messages on X like, this is crazy. Our president's a nutcase.

So, yeah, I mean, I don't think they were shocked. I think it was a good reminder. And look, I want to be clear, most of the people in the Colombian government are friendly to the United States. They were horrified by what was happening. I mean, there were leaders of their congressional branch over there that were putting messages on X like, this is crazy. Our president's a nutcase.

So, yeah, I mean, I don't think they were shocked. I think it was a good reminder. And look, I want to be clear, most of the people in the Colombian government are friendly to the United States. They were horrified by what was happening. I mean, there were leaders of their congressional branch over there that were putting messages on X like, this is crazy. Our president's a nutcase.

I mean, they were writing that. That's their internal politics. But I think it reaffirms what a lot of leaders believe about America under Donald Trump, and that is we are led by someone who is not very mysterious. He's going to tell you what he's going to do, and he'll actually do it. And I think foreign policy works a lot better when you're led by someone like that.

I mean, they were writing that. That's their internal politics. But I think it reaffirms what a lot of leaders believe about America under Donald Trump, and that is we are led by someone who is not very mysterious. He's going to tell you what he's going to do, and he'll actually do it. And I think foreign policy works a lot better when you're led by someone like that.

I mean, they were writing that. That's their internal politics. But I think it reaffirms what a lot of leaders believe about America under Donald Trump, and that is we are led by someone who is not very mysterious. He's going to tell you what he's going to do, and he'll actually do it. And I think foreign policy works a lot better when you're led by someone like that.

Easier, no doubt.

Easier, no doubt.