The Secretary of State promoted the name change on his own account, where he fanboyed out on the president by claiming ― dubiously, as we said up above — that “President Trump will be remembered by history as the President of Peace,” and that “it’s time our State Department display that.”
Rubio is, of course, entitled to his opinion, be it truly sincere or to curry favor with a notoriously mercurial boss.
A hefty amount of ridicule ensued.
Some people wondered what happened to Rubio to make him such a Trump sycophant.