A week after Election Day, Trump said: "It is my great honor to announce Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida is hereby nominated to be US Secretary of State."

President-elect Donald Trump chose Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as his attorney general on Wednesday, bypassing more experienced options in favor of a loyalist who has built a national reputation as a disruptor and whom Trump has tasked with dramatically overhauling the Justice Department.

Donald Trump reportedly plans to nominate Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state. Multiple media outlets reported that Rubio, who was reelected to a third term in 2022, would be the president elect’s pick for the cabinet post, one of the key positions in the incoming administration.