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Marco Rubio surpasses Trump and JD Vance in approval among Americans, according to a recent Gallup poll.
This is a survey conducted from December 1 to 15, and several weeks after the end of the government shutdown, which revealed the low level of trust among the American electorate in their politicians at the end of the year.
None of the 12 American leaders from Congress, the Cabinet, the Supreme Court, or the Federal Reserve received an approval rating above 50%, but Rubio (41%) and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell (44%), are the best positioned.
The Gallup poll revealed a low approval rating for Congress (17%), with 37% of Republicans approving, but only 12% of independents and 6% of Democrats expressing approval of the legislature, which is led by the Republicans.
The approval rating of Republicans in Congress stands at 29%, while the approval rating of Democrats in Congress is at 24%, the information adds.
Similarly, 36% of Americans approve of Donald Trump's performance, including 89% of Republicans, 25% of independents, and 3% of Democrats.
Trump's approval rating remains unchanged from last month, when it fell to the lowest level of his second term, just above his personal low of 34% in January 2021.
“The ratings range from 35% to 39% for eight others, including the Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, the Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, the Democratic Leader of the House, Hakeem Jeffries, the Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, the Chief Justice, John Roberts, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Vice President, JD Vance,” the survey details.
Meanwhile, the Republican Senate leader, John Thune (34%), and the Democratic Senate leader, Chuck Schumer (28%), are at the bottom of the list.
Rubio, the Cuban-American hawk
Rubio believes that weakening Nicolás Maduro's government in Venezuela could be the decisive blow against the Cuban communist regime, according to a lengthy report from The New York Times in mid-December.
Rubio, son of Cuban emigrants who settled in Florida before the triumph of the 1959 revolution, has made the Caracas-Havana relationship the central axis of his policy towards Latin America.
His theory, presented both publicly and privately, asserts that cutting Venezuela's economic and intelligence support to Cuba would lead to a political collapse on the island.
The New York Times describes Rubio as one of the main strategists of President Donald Trump in the campaign of military and economic pressure against the Maduro regime.
Although the stated goal is to "restore Venezuelan democracy," government sources acknowledge that the Republican politician also seeks to weaken Castroism.
"His theory of change involves cutting all support to Cuba. Once Venezuela falls, Cuba will follow," stated Juan González, former advisor to President Joe Biden on Latin America, to the newspaper.
In previous interviews, Rubio has been clear: "Anything that is bad for a communist dictatorship is something I support."
According to former advisors cited by the newspaper, the senator from Florida, who has built his career on a growing support from the Cuban exile community, constantly spoke in the Senate and with diplomats about the need to isolate the regime in Havana and to break its alliance with Caracas.
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