Marco Rubio Channels His Inner Biggie Smalls While Explaining How Trump is Different [WATCH]

Senator Marco Rubio said Nicolás Maduro repeatedly ignored opportunities to avoid confrontation and instead chose actions that directly threatened the national interests of the United States, prompting decisive action under President Trump.

Speaking after the events of the night, Rubio framed the situation as the result of deliberate choices by Maduro, arguing that generous alternatives had been offered and rejected. He said those decisions ultimately led to the outcome now facing Venezuela’s leader.

“But I want to be clear about one thing, Nicolas Maduro had multiple opportunities to avoid this,” Rubio said.

“He was provided multiple very, very, very generous offers, and chose instead to act like a wild man. Chose instead to play around, and the result is what we saw tonight.”

Rubio said the broader message extends beyond Venezuela and should be understood by leaders around the world who believe they can test U.S. resolve without consequences.

He described Maduro as part of a pattern of foreign actors who, in his words, “like to play games,” assuming that nothing serious will happen.

“The other message here is the following,” Rubio said.

“You have a guy, like many people around the world, they like to play games. You have a guy who decides he’s going to invite Iran into his country. Is going to, you know, do the confiscation of American oil companies, is going to flood our country with gang members, is is going to take Americans prisoner and try to hold them for hostage and trade them like he was able to do with the Biden administration.”

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Rubio said Maduro’s actions reflected a belief that the United States would not respond forcefully, a belief he said was rooted in past experiences.

He argued that assumption no longer applies under the current administration.

“Basically likes to play games all this time and thinks nothing’s going to going to happen,” Rubio said.

“And I hope what people now understand is we have a president, the 47th president United States, is not a game player.”

Rubio emphasized that President Trump operates differently from previous leaders, describing him as someone who follows through on commitments rather than relying on rhetoric.

Drawing on his own experience in Washington, Rubio said he has watched administrations talk about action without delivering results.

“When he tells you that he’s going to do something, when he’s going to tell you he’s going to address a problem, he means it. He actions it,” Rubio said.

“I can tell you, I’ve watched this process now for 14-15, years, been around it. Everybody talks. I’m going to do this. I’m going to do this. I’m going to do that. When I get there, we’re going to do this.”

Rubio said the difference, in his view, is that President Trump acts when he identifies a threat.

He expressed frustration that foreign leaders still fail to grasp that reality.

“This is a president of action like I don’t understand yet how they haven’t figured this out,” Rubio said.

“And now, if you don’t know, now you know, because this is the way it’s going to play out.”

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He added that the response was not about speeches or symbolic gestures, but about addressing a direct threat to the United States.

“And I think people need to understand that this is not a president that just talks and does letters and press conferences,” Rubio said.

“And you know, if he says he’s serious about something, he means it, and this is something that was a direct threat to the national interest of the United States, and the President addressed it.”

Rubio also described President Trump as someone who prefers peace but will not tolerate provocation.

He said Maduro could have chosen a different path entirely.

“There’s a president of peace, by the way,” Rubio said.

“This guy had multiple opportunities to find his way somewhere else and figure out another he could have been living somewhere else right now, very happy, but instead he wanted to play big boy.”

According to Rubio, the lesson should be clear for other leaders watching closely.

“I think that the message here should be for the world,” Rubio said.

“Look, the President doesn’t go out looking for people to pick fights with. He’s not. Generally wants to get along with everybody. Well, talk and meet with anybody, but don’t play games.”

Rubio concluded by warning that testing President Trump carries real consequences.

“Don’t play games with this President’s in office, because it’s not going to turn out well,” Rubio said.

“And so I hope that you know, you know, I guess that lesson was learned last night, and we hope it will be instructive moving forward.”

WATCH:

NEW: Marco Rubio DROPS HARD TRUTHS on Maduro’s downfall after Trump’s Venezuela RAID, warning the world: Don’t play games with this President.

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