Rubio is now a staunch supporter of Trump and could eventually become his top diplomat. But he was one of Trump’s biggest critics when he ran unsuccessfully against him in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.

At the time, the Florida lawmaker compared the then-reality TV personality to a “third world strongman” and warned that “in the years to come, many people on the right, in the media and among voters in general, are I’m going to have to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump, because this is not going to end well, one way or another. »

Rubio also said, “Donald Trump, a crook, will never take control of this party. »

And: “We cannot allow a crook to gain access to the nuclear codes of the United States of America. »

At the time, Rubio even joked about the size of Trump’s hands (alluding to the size of his rival’s penis), prompting Trump, during the primary debate, to guarantee that there was ” no problem” there.

However, Trump gave as good as he got, dubbing Rubio as “little Marco“and calling him “light“WHO”I would not hire to run one of my small businesses – a highly overrated politician!

Rubio, however, later became one of Trump’s biggest allies and was even reportedly close to becoming his vice presidential nominee.

This role ultimately went to JD Vance.