Sen. Warner: "Don't know how anybody" could juggle Rubio's "two big jobs"

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Source: Axios

Updated 7 hours ago


Secretary of State Marco Rubio's growing portfolio of administration roles — which now includes acting national security adviser — is "too much," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday.

Why it matters: There's been several instances of dual-hatting in Trump's second administration — but Rubio serving as national security adviser while overseeing the State Department, what's left of USAID and the National Archives brings the multitasking to a new level.

Driving the news: Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday that he doesn't "know how anybody could do these two big jobs."

The roles of secretary of State and national security adviser, he said, are "frankly very different."

And on top of those roles, he noted, Rubio is still in charge of "the remnants of what used to be American soft power for 70 years, USAID." He added, "Even for a Marco Rubio ... I think it's too much."

Warner said he "worked very well with" Rubio for years in the Senate — but he noted he's "disappointed by some of the actions he's taken as secretary in this kind of kowtowing to Trump."

Zoom out: Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member on the House Intelligence Committee, said on "Fox News Sunday" that although he would characterize Rubio as an "adult in the room," national security adviser and secretary of state are jobs that "are too big for one person" to hold.

He continued, "To have both of those jobs, including a bunch of other jobs on the shoulders of Marco Rubio ... these are people who actually need sleep, if we're going to stay out of wars and stuff."

Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/05/04/warner-rubio-jobs-national-security-adviser

[JBTaurus83]

1. I guess

He’s assuming any of these people are actually doing their jobs.

[republianmushroom]

2. Who has said these jobs are getting done as they should be ?

[Skittles]

5. THANK YOU

his ONLY role is TRUMP WHORE

[republianmushroom]

6. You nailed it.

[chowmama]

3. Nobody could.

But, fortunately for himself, Rubio won't even try. If he did try, he'd get fired.

He'll get plenty of sleep. He just won't need it.

[Skittles]

4. EASY

the combined title is TRUMP WHORE

[Drum]

7. ...unless someone is just not DOing the job.