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LIVE: Secretary Rubio holds a joint press availability with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban - 5:00AM
Little Marco really seems to enjoy buttering up a semi-dictator that Trump seems to like. Will Little Marco ever travel to Ukraine?
Rubio skips Ukraine meeting with European leaders in Munich
US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
Abigail Hauslohner and Henry Foy in Munich
Published Feb 13 2026
Updated Feb 13 2026, 12:50
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has skipped a meeting with allies on the war in Ukraine, stoking fears in European capitals that Washington’s interest in involving them in its efforts to end the conflict was waning.
Rubio was set to attend the meeting with leaders from countries including Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission in Munich on Friday afternoon, but cancelled at the last minute because of scheduling conflicts.
“The secretary won’t be attending the Berlin Format meeting on Ukraine given the number of meetings he has happening at the same time,” a US official said. “He’s engaging on Russia-Ukraine in many of his meetings here in Munich.”
One European official said the cancellation was “insane”. It came as the Trump administration increasingly distances itself from its European allies and is seeking to push Ukraine towards a settlement with Russia to end the almost four-year-long war.
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https://www.ft.com/content/fdd602f0-317a-429f-b122-7898257dd804
US secretary of state cancels attendance at last minute in move that EU official calls ‘insane’
Abigail Hauslohner and Henry Foy in Munich
Published Feb 13 2026
Updated Feb 13 2026, 12:50
US secretary of state Marco Rubio has skipped a meeting with allies on the war in Ukraine, stoking fears in European capitals that Washington’s interest in involving them in its efforts to end the conflict was waning.
Rubio was set to attend the meeting with leaders from countries including Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission in Munich on Friday afternoon, but cancelled at the last minute because of scheduling conflicts.
“The secretary won’t be attending the Berlin Format meeting on Ukraine given the number of meetings he has happening at the same time,” a US official said. “He’s engaging on Russia-Ukraine in many of his meetings here in Munich.”
One European official said the cancellation was “insane”. It came as the Trump administration increasingly distances itself from its European allies and is seeking to push Ukraine towards a settlement with Russia to end the almost four-year-long war.
. . .
https://www.ft.com/content/fdd602f0-317a-429f-b122-7898257dd804
Little Marco needs a sip before he gets too exasperated and talks too fast while he is trying to sell the world in general (or Hungary in particular) on a Nobel Peace Prize for Trump. The desperation in his voice is thick and syrupy. Such servile sycophancy must be truly difficult accomplish.
Now, Rubio is going on about how diplomacy requires "seriousness". That criterion would seem to exclude the utility of any of his efforts.
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