Trump’s foreign policy ‘won’t change’ after election losses

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Republican losses in the midterm elections will not affect the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy, with clear differences on global crises emerging among top diplomats from Group of 7 allies who gathered in Paris.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks at notes during the the G7 foreign ministers summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on November 9, 2026. (AFP Photo)

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Republican losses in the midterm elections will not affect the Trump administration’s approach to foreign policy, with clear differences on global crises emerging among top diplomats from Group of 7 allies who gathered in Paris.

Rubio, who spoke to reporters on Nov. 9 night after talks with his counterparts from the G7 industrialized democracies, said President Donald Trump will decide U.S. policies as he sees fit, regardless of his Republican Party’s wipeout in the midterms. He said Trump is intent on ending conflicts with Iran and between Russia and Ukraine but that the United States will maintain an “America First” approach on the world stage.

“Congress has a role to play in our foreign policy, particularly on what it funds and in its oversight function, but the No. 1 factor in determining foreign policy has always been and will remain the president,” Rubio said.

The Paris meeting is Rubio’s first overseas trip since Democrats seized control of Congress, partly because of deeply unpopular administration policies such as the Iran war. Allies have raised questions this week about whether the Trump administration would shift its positions.

Whether on the Russia-Ukraine war, Iran or the International Criminal Court, the U.S., U.K., Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan appeared far apart as two days of talks got underway, although all agreed on the need to end the conflicts as quickly as possible.

Rubio said the U.S. would not back down on its opposition to the international war crimes court, which the other G7 members belong to but the Trump administration wants to dismantle.

On the Russia-Ukraine war, Rubio declined to offer a prediction about the prospects for talks that began on Nov. 10 in Abu Dhabi between Russia, Ukraine and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

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