Sec. Rubio on Foreign Policy If Dems Win Control of Congress: It Won’t Change Trump’s Directives, Decisions Are Made by the Executive Branch

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RUBIO: "Do I fear it? Well? First of all we haven’t had an election year, so we don’t know what Congress or look like the second of all nami. Look. The foreign policy Congress has a role to play in foreign policy. I played it for very long time. As a member of the Senate, so I understand what Congress can and cannot do with regards to foreign policy, but when it comes to issues of national security and foreign policy, the executive Branch- and I learned this both ways. I learned that when we were in the majority and and in the minority, I learned that when we Republicans have the White House and didn’t have the White House that the majority, though our foreign policy is largely directed by the executive Branch. Now Congress’s. A role to play primarily in the funding and the appropriations and in their oversight function, but that’s just a normal part of our system. I’ve been a part of it. I’ve been a part of it on both sides have been in the minority, I’ve been in the majority. I’ve had a democratic White House and I’ve had a Republican White House. It won’t influence or change the president’s directive in terms of what he was elected to do. The president was elected to execute the foreign policy, the United States, that is a function of the executive Branch. It. Obviously we have oversight from the congressional Branch and have funding from the congressional Branch, but that’s normal administrations have played that. In the past of the president of the previous President Biden, I had a Republican Senate to deal with. At one point, President Obama had to deal with Republican majority at some point as well during his so it’s it’s not unique to have divided power in our system and we’ve always had a foreign policy and to my great frustration when I was a member of the Senate, I realize that, while there are things we could do, ultimately the foreign policy decisions are made by the executive Branch and Congress plays a role. There’s no doubt about it, but the central role belongs to the executive Branch is something I learned when I was in the legislative Branch, and it’s something I know now, but we’ll see how things play out"