U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has prolonged heat congratulations to Kamla Persad-Bissessar on her election as Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, signaling a want for shut collaboration together with her administration and emphasizing shared priorities with President Donald Trump.
In an official press statement, Rubio applauded the folks of Trinidad and Tobago for conducting peaceable and clear nationwide elections, describing them as “free and honest.” He praised the nation’s enduring democratic values and establishments and expressed hope for a strengthened bilateral relationship.
“The US and Trinidad and Tobago share a powerful and enduring partnership rooted in deep historic ties, regional cooperation, and shared objectives for prosperity and safety. We look ahead to working carefully with Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar and her administration to strengthen our collaboration on vitality safety, financial prosperity, and countering transnational crime,” the assertion stated.
However in a extra pointed message on X (previously Twitter), Rubio struck a notably political tone, framing Persad-Bissessar as an ally of the Trump administration. “Congratulations to Kamla Persad-Bissessar on her election as the subsequent Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. She is a powerful chief, good friend, and U.S. ally who shares @POTUS’s priorities on safety and immigration,” Rubio wrote.
He added, “We look ahead to constructing an in depth partnership for the way forward for Trinidad and Tobago, and your entire Caribbean.”
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The feedback sign the administration’s curiosity in aligning regional cooperation with its broader coverage objectives, significantly on safety and immigration—two hallmark problems with Trump’s second time period.
Persad Bissessar has promised a authorities that might be responsive and people-centered. “Nobody can be left behind, as a result of when UNC wins, all people wins,” she stated. “You’ll now have a major minister who cares, a major minister who loves you…serve the folks, serve the folks, serve the folks.”
Persad Bissessar may even make historical past because the oldest individual to imagine the nation’s highest workplace, coming into at age 73.
