Rubio vows to place US interests ‘above all else’ as Trump’s top diplomat

Marco Rubio, President-elect Trump’s nominee to be secretary of State. Picture: J Scott Applewhite/AP

Florida senator Marco Rubio has promised to implement President-elect Donald Trump’s “America First” vision as secretary of state, vowing in his confirmation hearing that the incoming administration will forge a new path by placing American interests “above all else”.

“Placing our core national interests above all else is not isolationism,” Mr Rubio told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.