Bloomberg's Eric Martin says Rubio is considering a departure but has not decided
Eric MartinBloomberg News State Department reporter and co-author of its report, in a post on X
Martin says Bloomberg's reporting is that Rubio is considering leaving but has not decided, and that any departure would not necessarily be immediate or aimed at a 2028 presidential run.
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Bloomberg News reports, citing people familiar with the matter, that Rubio is weighing whether to leave the Trump administration, that he has spoken to White House officials about stepping down and has been asked to stay, and that he has not made a decision.
“our reporting is that a departure is something that Rubio is considering, but that it's not decided yet ... even if he WERE to leave, it wouldn't necessarily happen immediately, and wouldn't necessarily be to pursue a 2028 presidential run.”
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Reports say Marco Rubio is weighing leaving the Trump administration after the midterms; Rubio says working for Trump to the end of the term has always been his plan
On November 5, 2026, The Independent and then Bloomberg News reported, citing unnamed sources, that Secretary of State Marco Rubio was expected to leave or was weighing leaving the Trump administration after Republicans' midterm losses. Rubio told The New York Times that working for Trump until the end of his term has always been his plan, and State Department and White House spokespeople called the reports fake.
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Post by Bloomberg News State Department reporter Eric Martin about his appearance on Bloomberg Television's Balance of Power on November 5, 2026, where he discussed Bloomberg's report on Rubio.
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Post by Eric Martin sharing the Bloomberg News report that Rubio is weighing whether to leave the Trump administration, with a link to the story and the names of his co-authors.
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Martin, who shared Bloomberg's report on November 5 as one of its authors, posts about his appearance that day on Bloomberg Television's Balance of Power, where he discussed the reporting.
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He says Bloomberg has long heard that a move to the business world is a possibility, and adds that anyone leaving the cabinet soon could have a successor confirmed by the current Republican-majority Senate.
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The reference point is the November 5, 2026 reporting that Rubio is weighing leaving, or is expected to leave, the Trump administration. Martin, who co-wrote Bloomberg's report, restates its finding that Rubio is considering a departure, which defends the report, while saying no decision has been made and that a departure would not necessarily be for a 2028 run.
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