I love my job and will continue with Trump until the end of his term, says Marco Rubio after rumors of resignation

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio dismissed reports on Thursday (5) that he was planning to leave Donald Trump's government and refused to answer questions about his political future.

Working for Trump until the end of his term "was always my plan," he said in an interview with The New York Times. Commenting on the news that he was considering leaving the government, Rubio said: "I don't know where these things come from, to be honest."

"I love the work I'm doing," he continued. “Also, I always laugh when they say, ‘He’s going to step down.’ I think, ‘Which one?’”

Rubio, who also serves as Trump's national security adviser, declined to answer whether he would consider running for president in 2028.

"Literally, I'm not going to talk about 2028 anymore," he said in the interview, held in his White House office. "I just won't."

Rubio has already stated that he would support Vice President J.D. Vance if he ran for president. "JD is a great friend of mine," he told NBC News in May. "If JD runs for President, I think he will be an extraordinary candidate. I have already said publicly and I will repeat: I will be the first to come forward to support him."

Vance made a scathing criticism on Wednesday (4), in a long post on social media in which he analyzed the election results, distancing himself from Trump.

The vice president attributed the Republicans' disastrous results at the polls to the war with Iran and stated that the party had turned against the government's policy on Israel and its communication on the economy. The president has demonstrated close alignment with Israel and dismissed concerns about the cost of living as a "hoax."

Rubio initially deflected the conversation when asked if he agreed with Vance's assessment, saying he wasn't "really involved in domestic politics."

But Trump called Rubio to the stage at his rally last Sunday (1st), in Kansas, and showered him with praise, joking that he might have to fire him because he had become "too popular." Rubio spoke briefly and praised Trump for keeping Americans safe.

The Secretary of State explained that he was at the event as an authority responsible for the area of ​​national security assigned to accompany the president and then acknowledged that Trump had said that the war was one of the factors that influenced the outcome of the elections.

"I recognize that higher prices at gas stations are not exactly the kind of thing you campaign on or show off with pride," he said.

But Rubio said Trump "deserves a tremendous amount of credit" for taking a measure he felt was necessary, even if it wasn't popular with voters.

"Ultimately, that's the price of leadership: the willingness to do things that may not be politically popular or convenient, but are necessary for your country and your long-term future," he said.