WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio made distinctive cases for President Donald Trump’s populist playbook on trade, reshoring industry, and more.
Rubio, who now also holds other posts in the administration, said that the loss of manufacturing over previous decades undercut American national security, leaving the country vulnerable to supply chains controlled by China and other adversaries.
“We didn’t just undermine our society. We didn’t just undermine our domestic economy. We’ve undermined our position in the world,” said Rubio, who served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence before joining the Trump administration….
Vance, Rubio Tout Trump’s Populist Economic Agenda at Think-Tank Gala
