The secretary of state – a neoconservative foreign policy hawk turned America First cheerleader – has defied expectations that he would not last in Trump’s cabinetThe exchange seemed to crystallize a master-servant relationship in a single instant.Early in January, in a White House gathering w ith oil executives invited to discuss investment in Venezuela after the US overthrow of Nicolás Maduro, its strongman president, Macro Rubio discreetly passed a note to Donald Trump. Continue reading... ...read more read less