{"id":180123,"date":"2026-01-20T15:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T20:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/rubio-sold-his-soul-manipulating-trump-on-foreign-policy\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T23:40:12","slug":"rubio-sold-his-soul-manipulating-trump-on-foreign-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/20\/rubio-sold-his-soul-manipulating-trump-on-foreign-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio \u2018sold his soul,\u2019 manipulating Trump on foreign policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ty-cobb-rubio-sold-soul-203157711.html\">Rubio \u2018sold his soul,\u2019 manipulating Trump on foreign policy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ty-cobb-rubio-sold-soul-203157711.html\">https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/ty-cobb-rubio-sold-soul-203157711.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-01-20 15:33:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.aol.com\">www.aol.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Influencing on Foreign Policy:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Former White House attorney Ty Cobb accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of having undue influence over President Trump&#8217;s foreign policy decisions, suggesting Rubio has &#8220;sold his soul&#8221; 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