Trump Gives Marco Rubio Yet Another Job

President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s putting Secretary of State Marco Rubio in charge of the U.S. bid to bring the 2035 World Expo to Miami, stacking a new assignment onto the former Florida senator’s already-high-profile role running America’s top diplomatic shop.

Trump said Florida wants the Expo and that he backs Miami as the host city, according to an Associated Press report that cited his social media post. (RELATED: Marco Rubio Finally Found A Job He Won’t Take)

“The Great State of Florida has expressed strong interest in hosting the Expo in Miami, which I fully support,” Trump wrote. “Miami Expo 2035 can be the next big milestone in our new Golden Age of America. I am appointing Miami native Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Chair the efforts of coordinating and advancing this exciting opportunity to convene the World.”

Rubio’s expanding portfolio has become a running joke online — and even Trump has leaned into it — as the White House increasingly taps the secretary for high-visibility political and policy tasks beyond traditional State Department work.

On Feb. 3, 2025, the State Department announced he’d been appointed the acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Trump followed on Feb. 16, naming Rubio acting archivist of the United States in a Truth Social post about installing Jim Byron to run the National Archives day to day. On May 1, Trump said Rubio would also serve as national security advisor “in the interim” while continuing to lead the State Department. And now Trump is adding another line to the résumé — tapping Rubio to chair the effort to land the 2035 World Expo in Miami.

Rubio became secretary of state after leaving the Senate, triggering Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to appoint then-state Attorney General Ashley Moody to fill the seat, The Associated Press reported.