For Marco Rubio, the easy part is over. He was confirmed by the Senate as secretary of state with unanimous support, Democrats joining Republicans in praising his acumen and judgment.Now comes the task that will make or break his tenure: retaining the full backing of his new boss, Donald Trump.The 53-year-old Rubio is coming into the job with more experience than President Trump맥스카지노�s previous secretaries of state, having spent the last 14 years in the Senate becoming intimately acquainted with U.S. foreign policy from the Indo-Pacific to the Middle East and Latin America. But that traditional experience, coupled with Rubio맥스카지노�s longstanding hawkish views on Russia and support for America맥스카지노�s role in NATO, is what some worry will eventually make him the target of Trump맥스카지노�s wrath.맥스카지노�Rubio is going to face some challenges as he and the president try to come to terms about what is the purpose of American power?맥스카지노� said Thomas Shannon, a former U.S. diplomat, who often worked with Rubio during both the Obama and the first Trump administrations.Still, it was a collegial scene Tuesday as Rubio was sworn into office. Vice President JD Vance, who served alongside him in the Senate, called him a friend and a 맥스카지노�bipartisan solutions seeker맥스카지노� as he delivered the oath.Rubio echoed Trump in his own brief remarks, emphasizing that anything the government and State Department do must make the country stronger, safer or more prosperous.맥스카지노�If it doesn맥스카지노�t do one of those three things, we will not do it,맥스카지노� Rubio said.He repeated that sentiment as he made his first appearance at the State Department, telling staffers that his job, and theirs, would be to defend and execute Trump맥스카지노�s 맥스카지노�America First맥스카지노� policies.Rubio's support in Washington has an establishment tinge, with many hopeful he will prove a steady hand at a time of global upheaval. In interviews with more than a dozen people, including Republican and Democratic lawmakers, as well as former diplomats and colleagues, he was repeatedly described as the 맥스카지노�responsible맥스카지노� choice to represent the U.S. abroad, a known quantity both at home and on the global stage.맥스카지노�I think he맥스카지노�ll be able to deliver that message, country by country, continent by continent, and that맥스카지노�s uncompromising, but also that맥스카지노�s comforting,맥스카지노� said Sen. Kevin Cramer, a Republican from North Dakota. 맥스카지노�Not that I맥스카지노�m looking for every other country to be comfortable with us, but in a way that I think is not alarming.맥스카지노�Rubio's worldview has been largely shaped by his own history: the son of Cuban immigrants who arrived in Miami in May 1956 맥스카지노�with nothing but the dream of a better life," he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week. His father was a bartender and his mother a hotel maid.맥스카지노�Because of them, I had the privilege to be born a citizen of the greatest nation in the history of the world,맥스카지노� he said. 맥스카지노�And to be raised in a safe and stable home, by parents who made their children맥스카지노�s future the very purpose of their lives.맥스카지노�The 맥스카지노�only in America맥스카지노� story is one that helped him get elected to public office in Florida, making his way from city commissioner to the Florida House of Representatives, eventually becoming the first Cuban American speaker in the Legislature's history.When Rubio became speaker, 맥스카지노�it was a very big deal. I think the ceremony was projected towards Cuba, whether they wanted to hear it or not,맥스카지노� said Dan Gelber, who served as Democratic leader at the same time. He said that he and Rubio remained friends over the years despite 맥스카지노�severe disagreements about policy.""He was never a jerk. He was always respectful of the process and our voice," Gelber said. 맥스카지노�It was sort of the way I always thought a partisan government should operate.맥스카지노�Rubio's rise continued in 2010 as he was elected to the Senate as part of the 맥스카지노�tea party맥스카지노� wave of outsiders taking on Washington. His first Senate speech focused on the 맥스카지노�American miracle" that brings immigrants from all around the world to the U.S. to 맥스카지노�leave their children better off then themselves.맥스카지노�A few years later, he was part of a bipartisan group that advocated for allowing a path to citizenship for immigrants in the country illegally. He played a key role in crafting a sweeping, bipartisan immigration bill that passed the Senate but went nowhere in the House, defeated by a fierce conservative backlash.In the decade since, Rubio's views on immigration have shifted toward the hard-line stance of Trump, who on Monday made good on his campaign pledge to aggressively pursue deportations and restrict entry into the United States in his second term.In his confirmation hearing, Rubio echoed Trump's dark vision of America's immigration system, saying that 맥스카지노�despots and narco-terrorists" have taken advantage of "open borders to drive mass migration, traffic women and children, and flood our communities with fentanyl and violent criminals."It was a remarkable tone for Rubio, who is working overtime to ensure there is no daylight between his public statements and Trump's. While his colleagues across the aisle believe that he is conforming to Trump's rhetoric, they're hopeful he will maintain some of his mainstream views."I think Marco is a hawk, but he맥스카지노�s also an internationalist, and I think the challenge for him will be to maintain the long bipartisan tradition of America being indispensable in world affairs,맥스카지노� said Sen. Brian Schatz, a Hawaii Democrat who served with Rubio on the Foreign Relations Committee. 맥스카지노�And there are people in the Trump world who want us to run away from being the leaders of the free world. And I맥스카지노�m hoping that Marco맥스카지노�s instincts towards American strength will win the day.맥스카지노�Both sides agree that it will be Trump who decides if Rubio is MAGA enough to remain a member of his administration and represent his views around the world. He unceremoniously fired his first secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, via tweet, and has long made clear he views foreign policy as his domain.Rubio is also no stranger to Trump's fury. The two men exchanged schoolyard jabs during the 2016 Republican primary with the president labeling him 맥스카지노�little Marco.맥스카지노� Rubio responded by insulting the size of Trump맥스카지노�s hands and calling him a 맥스카지노�con artist맥스카지노� and 맥스카지노�vulgar."Asked if he believes Rubio can last in the job, Rep. Michael McCaul, who until recently served as chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave a nod to past turmoil.맥스카지노�Well, it is the Trump administration," McCaul said. "But I think he맥스카지노�s a survivor.맥스카지노�