Marco Rubio Attends G7 Meeting Amid Midterm Losses
Secretary of State Marco Rubio travels to Paris for G7 talks to advance U.S. interests following significant Republican losses in the midterm elections.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to Paris from November 8 to 10 to attend a meeting of Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers. This visit marks Rubio's first international trip since Republicans suffered significant losses in the midterm elections, resulting in Democrats seizing control of Congress. The meeting was originally scheduled for Marseille but moved to Paris due to nationwide protests.
Rubio intends to address G7 allies on the Trump administration's aggressive foreign policies, including scaled-back military assistance to Ukraine, defense spending requirements for NATO members, and sanctions against the International Criminal Court. These discussions follow a G20 foreign ministers meeting hosted by Rubio in Atlanta that ended without a joint communique. The French government has indicated that the Paris meeting is also likely to fail to produce a joint communique.
Agenda items include global security, artificial intelligence, and the wars in Iran and Russia-Ukraine, as well as security in the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea. France has invited Ukraine, Brazil, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia to participate in select sessions. During the trip, Rubio dismissed reports that he would leave the administration to run for president in 2028, stating that serving until the end of Donald Trump's term "has always been my plan."
