Rubio: I Guess Donald Trump Is an ‘Advocate for a Reset with Putin’

RUBIO: "Well, first, let me say, I mean I’ve listened to Mr. Trump discuss it on a number of occasions. It sounds like he thinks if we just have someone who gets along better with Putin personally, things are going to work out better. It sounds a lot like the reset with Russia that the president tried to do. I guess he’s advocate for a reset with Putin. Vladimir Putin has a very clear plan. And that is to reposition Russia as a geopolitical force, at least at the same level as ISIS the former Soviet Union. This is part of that plan. He senses a vacuum in the Middle East. He talks to the Egyptians, the Saudis, perhaps even the Israelis and others, who feel like America is retreating from its commitment to the region, a lot of it being because the president says so, that we’re not going to get overly engaged or — or entangled, as he has said in the past, in the region. And he’s taking advantage of that. So he’s positioning combat aircraft in Syria. You will see them fly combat missions soon. And then I think you will see — I believe even before the end of this month, when the General Assembly meets, you will see Vladimir Plut — Putin — go to the U.N. and tell the world that he is going to lead the anti-ISIS coalition."