President Donald Trump on Wednesday revealed how it was Secretary of State Marco Rubio who mentored him on the art of diplomacy.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, Trump recalled how he was once asked by Chinese President Xi Jinping to stop referring to COVID as the “China virus.”
In a surprise to many, Trump decided to honor the request — and the reason why, according to him, was because of Rubio’s guidance.
“I became a diplomat for the first time,” he said. “Well, you know who taught me that? Marco Rubio, he said, ‘Let me teach you about diplomacy,'” the president remembered.
🚨President Trump praises Marco Rubio at the World Economic Forum, asks him to stand up:
“I became a diplomat for the first time. You know who taught me that, Marco Rubio…Marco has been fantastic. Marco, stand up, please. You have done a great job as Sec. of State.” pic.twitter.com/BXwoO1xYQD
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) January 21, 2026
Trump went on to note how Rubio is such a stellar guy that he was confirmed to his post with 100 percent of Senate votes.
“Think of it — he got liberal Democrats and radical right Republicans to approve him,” the president said. “He’s the only one. The next one lost 45 votes, right? But he got all 100 votes voting for him.”
The funny thing about it is that Trump initially wasn’t happy about Rubio performing so well.
“I said, ‘Wait a minute, I don’t like that,'” he recalled. “And now it turns out that the Democrats probably wish they didn’t do that. And Marco has been fantastic.”
He then directed Rubio, who was present at the WEF, to stand up.
“Marco, stand up, please,” he insisted. “You have done a great job as Secretary of State. He’s going to go down as the best Secretary of State.”
Matthew Kroenig, a former Pentagon official and current vice president at the Atlantic Council think tank, believes he knows why Rubio is so successful.
“He’s just really smart, really effective, and he’s succeeded at everything he’s done,” Kroenig told Fox News. “He doesn’t see his job as containing Trump. He understands who the boss is and channels those instincts into constructive directions.”
Rubio is reportedly also very exhausted — so much so that he hides from Trump when the two fly aboard Air Force One together.
“There’s an office with two couches, and I usually want to sleep on one of those two couches,” Rubio told New York magazine in an interview. “But what I do is I cocoon myself in a blanket. I cover my head. I look like a mummy.”
Why? To avoid being caught napping by the boss.
“I do that because I know that at some point on the flight, he’s going to emerge from the cabin and start prowling the hallways to see who is awake,” the Secretary of State explained. “I want him to think it’s a staffer who fell asleep. I don’t want him to see his Secretary of State sleeping on a couch and think, Oh, this guy is weak.”
Marco Rubio trying to take a goddamn nap on Air Force one but Trump won’t stop waking him up pic.twitter.com/NitKLutDFu
— Liz (@lizrey1294) January 27, 2026
As of late, Rubio’s been dealing with the mess in Venezuela and was in fact scheduled to testify about this before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday.
He’s expected to tell the committee that “there is no war against Venezuela, and we did not occupy a country,” according to a copy of his prepared remarks obtained by Fox News.
“There are no U.S. troops on the ground,” he’ll reportedly say about the Trump administration’s plans for Venezuela now that dictator Nicolás Maduro has been ousted. “This was an operation to aid law enforcement. The United States is prepared to help oversee Venezuela’s transition from a criminal state to a responsible partner.”
Rubio will also reportedly describe Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, as “two indicted fugitives from American justice.”
“Thanks to the leadership of President Trump and the professionalism of the United States Armed Forces, a man who built his power on drugs, corruption, and repression will now face justice,” Rubio will add.
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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