US Secretary of State: Midterm Election Defeat Will Not Change Trump's Foreign Policy

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated yesterday (the 31st, local time) that even if the Democrats take control of Congress in the upcoming US midterm elections where the Republican Party faces a gloomy outlook, the foreign policy of the Donald Trump administration will not change.

During a press conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting that day, Rubio was asked whether he is concerned that his job as Secretary of State will become more difficult if he has to work with a Democrat-controlled Congress next January.

In response, Rubio said, "There is a role for Congress in foreign policy. As a senator, I played that role for a long time. So, I understand very well what Congress can do and what it cannot do."

He continued, "I have experienced both when we were the majority and the minority, and when the Democrats took the White House and when the Republican Party took control of the White House," adding, "Ultimately, I realized the fact that our foreign policy is largely driven by the executive branch."

This is interpreted as an emphasis that even if the Democratic Party secures majority status in the federal Congress through these midterm elections, President Trump will continue to lead US foreign policy.

Rubio served as a US Senator representing Florida for 14 years starting in 2011, and has been serving as Secretary of State since the launch of the second Trump administration.

He went on to say, "That (congressional control) will not affect or change the president's directives (regarding foreign policy)," adding, "The president was elected to implement US foreign policy. This is the function of the executive branch."

Rubio also added, "What used to frustrate me greatly when I was a senator was that while there are things we can do, ultimately, foreign policy decisions are made by the executive branch."

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