'Pathetic': Marco Rubio Minces No Words After Media Tries to Manufacture Another Trump Admin 'Conflict'

As we've noted before, the mainstream media loves to report on alleged "feuds" between Republican political figures in stories that oftentimes end up being half-baked or not true at all.

We saw this play out in early March when the New York Times broke a story about an allegedly "explosive" cabinet meeting where they claimed DOGE advisor Elon Musk and Trump Sec. of State Marco Rubio had a heated argument while President Trump looked on for a short time before intervening.

When Trump was asked by NBC News about the supposed "clash" between the two, he shut the reporter down, stating "No clash. I was there. You're just a troublemaker...Elon gets along great with Marco. They're both doing a fantastic job. There is no clash." Despite Trump's denials, other news outlets picked up the story as well, including CNN.

And in a show of solidarity two days after that report, both Musk and Rubio tag-teamed on the Twitter/X machine to debunk Polish Foreign Affairs Minister Radosław Sikorski's claims about alleged threats to cut off Ukraine's Starlink access.

Here we are some two weeks later, and another press outlet is pushing another supposed Trump administration conflict that involves Rubio, except the other person in the alleged conflict according to CNN is United States Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff:

What Rubio didn’t count on was that he might run the risk of being overshadowed as secretary of state by one of Trump’s closest friends, real estate developer and billionaire Steve Witkoff.
Over the first two months of the second Trump administration, Rubio has in some ways taken a back seat on the world stage to Witkoff, whose portfolio has expanded beyond his official title of special envoy to the Middle East.
[...]
The optics have raised questions about Rubio’s influence with Trump, according to people familiar with the State Department. Though Rubio was the first cabinet member confirmed— unanimously at that — his role has lacked some of the profile and portfolio traditionally enjoyed by previous secretaries of state.

Not long after the hit piece was published, Rubio responded accordingly:

.@CNN is an anti-Trump gossip tabloid that uses thinly sourced stories to generate clicks and try to make trouble. Witkoff is one of the people I work with the CLOSEST on our team. These people are pathetic. https://t.co/y8xyJgWLLo
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) March 21, 2025

As we've reported, Witkoff has proved invaluable in his own right, being a key figure in the talks on releasing the remaining hostages being held by Hamas terrorists, the ongoing ceasefire negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, as well as the release of political prisoners.

As for Rubio, he has quickly established himself - as my colleague Teri Christoph described it - as one of the most consequential picks of the Trump administration, successfully negotiating the Panama Canal deal among other things, and patiently getting out in front of media narratives on issues like State Dept. policy towards both Ukraine and Russia, and the Mahmoud Khalil case.

What the real issue is here, in my view, is that Rubio is so good at what he does including being a very effective messenger, that the press has to drum up non-existent feuds with other power players and Trump figures in order to diminish his accomplishments and try to sow division in the process.

Thankfully, Rubio and Trump see this for what it is and are not shy about calling it out.

The MSM are what they are and, as has often been said, you truly don't hate them enough.

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