'I'm Not Going To Talk': Rubio Sidesteps 2028 Presidential Run Que, Keeps His Political Card Close

But as regards to Israel, the warrants against Netanyahu, because the president has mentioned that, obviously. Yeah, we think Israel is also not an enemy. But today is Netanyahu, tomorrow it will be an American. Thank you very much. And it's really nice to meet you. Again, it's not about the individuals, Thank you. Thank you. it's about their claim of jurisdiction Thank you. The Press over countries that are not members of the treaty. If we wanted to be under their jurisdiction, we would have joined. We didn't join. We're not a member. There are questions today about the future of the Republican Party. You have in the past said that if Vice President J.D. Vance runs... I don't know why you're wasting your time. I'm not going to talk about 2028 any longer. I'm just not going to talk about 2028 anymore. But I'm just asking you about a comment you've made. And I'm just telling you this. Okay, here's my answer. You ready? I'm not going to discuss 2028. I'm not going to discuss it in any form or fashion. So thank you, but I'm not going to talk about it. So why discuss it months ago and not today? I'm just curious. Because I have that choice. I can make it. There's things that, we're not going to talk about it anymore. You can make a choice about if you want to run for president or not. That's what you're saying? I can make a choice about it. I told you I'm not going to answer that question. You can ask it eight different ways, but you're not going to get it. Every 32. Not even. I'm not going to talk about it. You can ask me, but I'm not going to answer it because I'm not going to talk about it anymore. We can't talk about it anymore. This is not a question about the election. Okay, sure. I always say that and then they ask about it. There was a huge amount of The amount of public opinion polling around the election and across the board, it showed that voters are very concerned about corruption in the government. There have been some instances of credible allegations of corruption in U.S. officials dealing overseas and diplomacy, Obviously the case study will be Ambassador Gilfoyle. So my question is, are you concerned that Americans might believe that American diplomacy is infected with corruption, self-dealing, self-enrichment, do you think that perception is out there? I don't know if that perception is out there or not. I can tell you at the Department of State, and I made this very clear from the very beginning, there have been multiple things that have been sent out to make this very clear about what the ethical standards we expect everyone to abide by. And we're going to continue to reiterate that. And that precedes whatever happened in Greece and anywhere else. We have a process for addressing those things, and we take that very seriously. So I can't opine about all this, but I don't know which other ones you're discussing. But I can tell you that we have repeatedly within the Department of State, and we haven't done it because we're suspicious of anybody, we just want to remind everybody that at the end of the day, we work for the American people, we work for the government of the United States on behalf of the American people, and everything we do in our roles has to be about furthering the interest of the United States of America, not the interest of any individual. That's the standard we've set from day one. That's the standard we try to follow every single day. And if someone doesn't meet that standard, we have a process to address it. Do you think the department is living up to that standard and U.S. officials are living up to that standard? If it's not, we'll take it very seriously. If we ever come across instances or evidence that someone has not lived up to that standard, we have processes and laws in place to address it. We won't tolerate it, I can tell you that. Do you feel Ambassador Guilfoyle is the exception here? Well, I'm not going to comment on individual cases. She's no longer the ambassador and she's no longer with us. But I'm saying other people other than her. Do you think there are other – do you feel like everything is – No, if I ever came across an instance where I had a well-founded suspicion or the department did that someone was doing something they shouldn't be doing, we will address it very promptly and perhaps have addressed it very promptly. But we have a process for doing that. We don't do it at press conferences. We do it through the process that we have of identifying a problem, confirming whether it's real, and then we also have an inspector general process as well internally. But we take this very seriously and we won't tolerate any exception to the rule. Secretary, regarding the talks this week in Abu Dhabi, I spoke earlier today with your opinioner, Tamara Karchakalas, who said that from her view, Russia has not shown that it's willing to negotiate. Yeah, but didn't you just ask me the same thing? Sorry. Okay. Yeah, I would tell you guys, I mean, it's not easy to get, that's why this war has gone on for almost five years. We're going to continue to do what we can. You're asking me to guarantee you an outcome. I can't do that. It's not, the United States is not a combatant in that war. Okay, it's the Russians that are fighting that war, and it's Ukraine that was invaded and is being attacked and being fought against. So all we can do is serve as a... I'm a facilitator of the talks and do what we can from the capacity that we have to inject ideas into those discussions in the hopes of arriving at a solution that's diplomatic in nature. That's all we can do. And that's what we're going to continue to try to do. But in the end, it's not the United States war. We're not combatants in that war. And so we are doing everything we can to bring that war to an end. But in the end, it takes the combatants to agree. But we'll do everything we can because we think it's important. The president's made it a priority. Even though it's a war, That's not America's war. Secretary, I just wanted to ask what the discussions on Haiti were. Are there any concrete steps or path forwards that you see that the transitional government even... Votes for... In Haiti, yeah. So, yeah, we want to have... I mean, there's scheduled to be national elections in Haiti. Obviously, there are challenges, security challenges to it as well. That's the reality. The gangs still control large portions of Port-au-Prince, as an example. I can tell you that on that issue, the Canadians deserve a lot of credit. They've really stepped up. They've been a big catalyst in the work that's been done. Obviously, the United States has been very involved with them as well in this UN mission. I think the gang suppression force is starting to gain momentum. It's up to 2,000. With another 3,000 or 4,000 have been pledged. So you're starting to see momentum in the training as well, the police force in Haiti and improving their professionalism. But, you know, it's a difficult challenge. And I would say if the gang suppression force effort doesn't work, then we're out of ideas, so we have to make it work. There really is no other option. There's no plan B here anymore. So the effort, the Kenyan-led effort sort of just wasn't doing enough. This, this... New process is what replaced it, and it has to work, because if it doesn't, I don't know what other alternative there is at this point. So we'll just continue to encourage, and we raise it at all these G7, for these countries to step up and donate money to the account necessary to make this effort successful. What's the timeline on ramping up the number of troops deployed in the GSF, and do you think the timeline on the elections is appropriate, just given the security situation? Well, look, ultimately, you can't have elections if gangs control You know, large portions of the city. People will say it's not a legitimate and credible election because if a significant percentage if the population can't go to a voting place because it happens to be controlled blocked by a gang, it makes it very difficult. So stability is important for elections to be credible. That's why, you know, in Ukraine they haven't had an election in a long time either because they're in the middle of a war, right? So our point is that we'd like to see elections in Haiti, but before you can make real progress on an election in Haiti, you've got to do more to to push back the gangs so that people can actually go vote and not get killed or decapitated.