Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi waApril 5, 2017, Rubio akati Bashar al-Assad akanzwa kuti aigona kuita "asingapiwi mhosva" achiziva kuti United States yakanga isiri kukoshesa kumubvisa pachigaro. Zuva rakatevera racho, Rubio akarumbidza kurova kwakarairwa naTrump
"Nokuita noushingi kurwisa nzvimbo iyo Assad akatanga kurwisa kwake zvombo zvemakemikari zvine utsinye, Mutungamiri Trump akajekesa kuna Assad nevaya vanomupa simba kuti mazuva okuita mhosva dzehondo asingatongorangwi apera".