Rubio praises Trump as 'President of Peace' amid escalating Iran conflict

On the one-year anniversary of a White House summit that produced a joint declaration between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Senator Marco Rubio used X to label Donald Trump as the “President of Peace.” The tribute arrived as the United States’ conflict with Iran entered its sixth month, a war that has already seen a U.S. missile strike destroy an elementary school, killing roughly 175 victims, many of them children. Trump’s recent public remarks have repeatedly confused the names of the involved nations, and his administration has also detained Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores, while threatening actions against Cuba and Greenland.

Rubio’s flattery was met with thousands of derisive comments on X, with users mocking the title and pointing to the ongoing violence. The Daily Beast sought comment from the State Department, which has not yet replied.