Marco Rubio Rejects ‘Quad Is Weak’ Narrative: ‘More Important Than Ever’

Añadido: 2026-05-25

[00:00:00]Secretary, you're also over here for a Quad that happens on Tuesday. A lot of people say that Quad isn't as important as it once was. Your visit over here, do you believe it's going to bring Quad back onto the the plane that it once was? And is is this Quad relationship >> I don't know who says it's Yeah, I don't know who says it's not as important as I think it's as important as it's ever been.

[00:00:19]Uh I think it's actually more important than it's ever been. These are four strong allies who by the way also happen to be four very strong economies.

[00:00:27]Four countries that have a global reach and that together when we find areas that we can work together on, we can make a huge difference in the world. You think about the issue for example of critical minerals and supply chains.

[00:00:37]Every one of these four countries in this coalition and this partnership is impacted by that and everyone has something to bring to the table in that regard. So, the issue with the Quad is not that it's not important is that it has the ability to focus on so many problems that you can't do them all at once. We have to sort of prioritize.

[00:00:54]These are the first five. These are the first 10 that we're going to work on together. That's been the challenge with the Quad is is is figuring out because we have so many opportunities that we can do together, which are the three or four we want to really start with. So, my first meeting as Secretary of State literally within an hour of swearing in was a Quad meeting. And obviously we're working on setting up a Quad leaders meeting, but the one thing we were able to achieve last year working at the working levels between the respective countries is we don't just want the Quad to be a semi-annual gathering of friends. We want it to be a mechanism that leads to cooperation and and and deliverables. And and I think we're making progress in that regard and we'll build on that on Tuesday.