Marco Rubio’s Wild, Wild West
The New Yorker · 14 Oct 2026

Marco Rubio’s Wild, Wild West

When Marco Rubio, the Secretary of State, went to Athens last week and gave a speech, he mentioned the word “democracy” just twice in almost thirty minutes. Instead, standing upon the Pnyx, a hilly outcrop that overlooks the Acropolis, he tub-thumped for the West. He declared ancient Greek city-stat


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