This is The Guardian.
Today, from Little Marco to the Viceroy of Venezuela.
We're only a fortnight into 2026.
And yet Donald Trump has aggressively provoked one global crisis after another.
And there's been one man by his side through all of it.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Step one is the stabilization of the country.
We don't want it descending into chaos.
He's been deeply involved in the U.S.
attack against Venezuela.
Front and center in negotiations over Greenland.
Does the U.S.
intend to buy Greenland?
Can you clarify your comments to lawmakers this week?
Well, that's always been the president's intent from the very beginning.
He said it very early on.
And now, promising support to the protesters in Iran.
Once a fierce critic of all things Trump,
Marco Rubio is now one of the president's closest allies and,
on paper at least, the most powerful American diplomat since Henry Kissinger.