SECRETARY RUBIO: "The United States doesn't want to be a communist country. We're never going to be a communist country. We're not going to allow communist influences to undermine our politics or our society."
Great meeting with Philippine President Marcos to reaffirm our shared commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific.
From the South China Sea to Pax Silica and the Luzon Economic Corridor, the U.S.-Philippine Alliance makes both our countries stronger, safer, and more prosperous.
Met with Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho Hyun and Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi Toshimitsu in Manila.
Our collaboration with @ASEAN strengthens global security while our strong partnership advances safety, security, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
Always good to see my friend, Indian External Affairs Minister @DrSJaishankar on the sidelines of ASEAN.
We discussed regional security issues, the Quad, trade, and defense agreements. Our relationship with India is vitally important.
Was pleased to reconvene the Quad at the @ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting to emphasize our message: strong cooperation is vital to supporting ASEAN’s own priority and centrality in the region.
The United States, India, Australia, and Japan share a vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific that is grounded in the rule of law, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.
The Quad remains a priority, and we will meet again later this year.
The United States is working with @ASEAN to make the lives of our combined one billion citizens safer, more secure, and more prosperous.
At today's ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the United States, I reinforced U.S. commitment to our partnership with ASEAN.
Met with Philippines Foreign Minister @SecLazaro to reinforce our ironclad alliance, shared commitment to security and prosperity, and support for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
The Trump Administration and the international community will not stand by as the Murillo-Ortega dictatorship deepens repression at home and manufactures instability that threatens U.S. national security. Ortega’s pledge to abolish elections in Nicaragua proves his cowardice and fear of the Nicaraguan people’s will.
For more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States.
The State Department is exposing the full history of Cuban espionage and subversion in our country.
The American people deserve to know. https://t.co/ulHF9qiDTY
Cuba’s assault on the United States was never, at root, a quarrel over economic policy or sovereignty or even ownership of a particular territory.
It was a revolution against Western civilization itself. https://t.co/U2maUaGXXk
The International Criminal Court seeks to become the unaccountable arbiter of a new global law — empowered to prosecute and arrest our citizens at will and existentially threaten American sovereignty.
We will teach the ICC the full meaning of American resolve.
Met with Lebanese President Aoun today. I commended his courage and his government’s work to reclaim their country and advance towards peace. We discussed implementing the Trilateral Framework. The United States remains committed to supporting this effort and Lebanon’s efforts to deliver security, peace and a better future for the Lebanese people.
After years of unjust imprisonment for challenging the Marxist tyranny of the Cuban regime, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has arrived in the United States. The Cuban government's brutal crackdown against its own people five years ago is yet another reminder of the unique misery and evil that is innate to the communist system. We continue to demand the immediate release of all political prisoners held by the Cuban regime. https://t.co/RrafNELtS1
Without trust, there can be no greatness.
Under @POTUS, the Trump Administration will rout out foreign interference in our elections and safeguard our democracy.
America’s future belongs to Americans.
Today, @StateDept is imposing new visa restrictions to bar Far-Left Terrorists from entering our country.
Foreigners who finance, incite, or aid and abet Far-Left Terrorists are enemies of our civilization. They are not welcome in the United States.
https://t.co/Xnc1dqMAHd
Today, I designated two additional Mexican cartels, the Juárez Cartel and Los Viagras, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorists. Under President Trump’s leadership, we will never stop fighting against violent narco-terrorists from flooding our nation with deadly drugs.