Tbilisi Scrambles to Downplay Secretary Rubio’s “Anti-American Government” Remarks

Rubio’s remarks fail to clarify Trump’s Georgia policy

Vice President JD Vance swearing in Marco Rubio as Secretary of State. (Office of Vice President of the United States.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the U.S. will consider measures against anti-American governments, answering a question about Georgia. Opposition media celebrated Rubio’s comments, but the GD government downplayed them, stressing that Georgia was not explicitly mentioned. Rubio’s testimony in…

Tbilisi Scrambles to Downplay Secretary Rubio’s “Anti-American Government” Remarks

Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili reacted to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s referring to Tbilisi as an “anti-American government,” saying one should look at the “full context.” She argued the sole conclusion one can draw is that America still has no “definitive position” on Georgia. House Hearing During the May 21 hearing at the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Joe Wilson accused Georgian Dream of rigging the O…