Rubio Denies Resignation Reports, Says Staying With Trump Is His Plan

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected reports that he will leave President Donald Trump's administration to run for president, telling the New York Times in an interview on Thursday, November 5, 2026 that working for Trump until the end of Trump's term has always been his plan, Reuters reported.

"I literally will not talk about 2028 anymore. I just won't do it," Rubio told the New York Times, via Reuters.

Rubio also laughed off the idea that he would leave his job. "I don't know where these things come from, to be honest with you. I love the work I'm doing. And plus I always laugh when they say he's going to leave his job. I go, 'Which one?'" he told the New York Times, via the New York Post.

A denial, on the record

The story on Thursday was a denial, not a resignation. Rubio spoke on the record to the New York Times, and Reuters and the New York Post both reported the same interview and the same on record denials on November 5.

Assistant Secretary of State for Global Public Affairs Dylan Johnson called the resignation report completely baseless fake news from made up anonymous sources, the New York Post reported. That denial came from a named official at the State Department, speaking about a report that rested on anonymous sources.

The reports behind the denial

Bloomberg News reported that Rubio has discussed the possibility of stepping down with White House officials and that he and his advisers are going over future options, the New York Post reported. That reporting is part of what Rubio was asked about, and his answer was the denial quoted above.

Rubio refused to talk about 2028 in the interview. His line was direct. He will not talk about 2028 anymore, and serving Trump until the end of Trump's term has always been his plan, in the words Reuters reported from the interview.

No resignation was announced on Thursday. No departure date was given by Rubio, by the State Department, or in the Reuters and New York Post reporting. What was given, on the record, was a denial and a stated plan to stay to the end of the term.

Two jobs in the administration

Rubio holds two senior roles. He is secretary of state, and he is also national security adviser, the New York Post reported. His joke about which job he would leave points at that double role, and both roles were part of the reporting on Thursday.

He is also slated to deliver his first major speech after the midterms next Friday at the Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention in Washington, DC, the New York Post reported. The speech is listed in the reporting as a forthcoming public appearance in his current role, after the midterm elections.

For now, the public record is clear on one point. On November 5, Rubio said on the record that he plans to work for Trump until the end of Trump's term, he refused to discuss 2028, and a named State Department official called the resignation report baseless. The claims that prompted the denial came from anonymous source reporting and from a Bloomberg report, via the New York Post, that Rubio had discussed stepping down and was going over future options with his advisers.