In today's episode of "circuitous flight paths of 2026..." #IranWar

Waking up to sunrise over the Austrian Alps

In Mumbai on Wednesday, I asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio about his all-staff message last week reminding State Department employees to act in accordance with ethics rules. I asked him whether he’s concerned that there are other examples in embassies around the world of the kind of ethical violations alleged against US Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle (which she denied) -- who Trump ousted a day before Rubio's message. Rubio told me “no” – that he had ordered the message to be sent WEEKS in advance, and that a delay in sending it caused it to finally be sent the day after Guilfoyle's exit was announced. "This is a message we’ve sent out multiple times. It’s just a constant reminder of people, of who they work for. They work for the Government of the United States, they work for the people of the United States, and we expect everyone in our department to do so not just in accordance with the law, but with the higher standards possible. Our ability to diplomatically represent this country is undermined and is sabotaged if there’s any implications that what you are doing – and I’m not talking about Kimberly in specific; anybody – you are undermined when – anytime there’s the notion that somehow what you are doing is somehow in YOUR interest, but not in the interest of the country. So we – it’s not the first time we’ve sent that message. That is something we repeatedly do because to me it’s a very important principle of how we do our work. It just happened to go out the day after, but that is something that, frankly, had been drafted and that I had ordered sent weeks in advance and unfortunately did not go out when I wanted it to go out for whatever reason. But it probably won’t be the last time that a message like that is sent. It’s something we just constantly remind people of, just to set the right culture and standards."

Sunrise #Mumbai

Eye-catching at the America 250 gala tonight in #Mumbai: a larger than life President Donald Trump talking hologram. He discusses the founding of the nation in the 1776 -- but is currently being drowned out by a jazz band

The #Commanders team store in the New Delhi airport seems to have a completely different selection of apparel than I've seen either at the stadium in Landover or in DC...

It's been a few years since I was on a train in Europe or Asia, but I just got on the train from Samarkand to Tashkent in Uzbekistan, and it's about the fanciest train I've ever been on. Can we get this for DC-NYC?

Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits and tours historic Registan Square this Monday morning in #Samarkand #Uzbekistan, along with his wife Jeanette, special envoy Sergio Gor, head of presidential administration @SMirziyoyeva, Uzbek foreign minister @FM_Saidov, Ambassador @FurqatSidiq

In #Samarkand #Uzbekistan's historic Registan Square this Monday morning for Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit and tour

Last night I left Washington DC for a reporting trip covering Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Uzbekistan and India, and for the first time I saw our Businessweek October issue -- with Rubio on the cover -- at a newsstand, in Dulles Airport (it went out to stores on Tuesday). Very exciting! It will on newsstands for the next month. Grab yourself a copy! @BW @nancook @BradStone

.@NewRyanField has sight lines from literally EVERY corner...

The Northwestern Wildcats team walkout at the new Ryan Field needs to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. UNREAL. (you need to watch until the 28-second mark) Well done @NUFBFamily @NorthwesternU @NUAlumni!

Mexican mariachis performing "Cielito Lindo" at the tailgate for @NorthwesternU's first day football game at the new Ryan Field! 🇺🇸🇲🇽 Very appropriate for Chicago -- a top five city in North America in terms of its Mexican community. Homecoming and reunion weekend. ¡Canta y no llores! ¡Vamos Gatos Salvajes de @NUFBFamily! @NUAlumni @CityofEvanston

After a busy and eventful week in Europe, ready to catch up with @NorthwesternU alumni and watch the Wildcats of @NUFBFamily play their first day game at the new Ryan Field! Go U, NU! @NUAlumni

ÚLTIMA HORA: El secretario de Estado, Marco Rubio, acaba de enviar un mensaje claro sobre las conversaciones para la transición política en #Venezuela entre la delegación opositora —encabezada por Dinorah Figuera, líder de la Asamblea elegida en 2015— y el régimen liderado actualmente por Delcy Rodríguez: el equipo de Figuera cuenta con el "respaldo total de los niveles más altos del gobierno de EE. UU." para llevar adelante dichas negociaciones. Las conversaciones, respaldadas por Estados Unidos, continuarán el 14 de octubre, señaló Rubio, alternando entre el inglés y el español. Añadió que "sin duda alguna, esto debe culminar en elecciones libres y democráticas" y que Venezuela necesita recuperar la democracia "lo antes posible". Rubio habló junto a Figuera en la Sala de Tratados del Departamento de Estado (situada en el séptimo piso) durante una breve sesión de fotos y declaraciones ante la prensa, un escenario en el que casi NUNCA responde a las preguntas que los periodistas le gritan. Al parecer, quiso transmitir un mensaje muy deliberado en esta ocasión.

THIS JUST IN: Secretary of State Marco Rubio just sent a clear message about the #Venezuela political transition talks between the opposition delegation headed by 2015 elected assembly leader Dinorah Figuera and the regime now led by Delcy Rodriguez: Figuera's team has "100% support from the highest levels of the US government” to pursue those talks. The US-backed talks will continue on Oct. 14, Rubio said, alternating between English and Spanish. He added that “without any doubt, this needs to end in free and democratic elections,” and that Venezuela needs a return to democracy “as quickly as possible." Rubio spoke alongside Figuera at the 7th floor State Department Treaty room in a traditional camera spray -- a setting where he almost NEVER responds to shouted questions from the press. Appears he wanted to deliver a very intentional message here.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives for his meeting in Lisbon with Portuguese Prime Minister Luís Montenegro at São Bento Palace, the seat of Portuguese parliament

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has landed in Lisbon, Portugal. We had a gorgeous view of Lagos, the Lighthouse of Cabo de São Vicente, and the Santuario de Cristo Rei as we rounded the southwest tip of the Iberian peninsula and 🇵🇹

Marco Rubio in Athens today said that America chooses "the unapologetic pursuit of national power." Read more about his role in implementing that strategy in our Businessweek October cover profile of Rubio, "Trump’s Unapologetic Emissary." bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says "we are at an inflection point -- an inflection point not only in the history of my nation, but an inflection point in the whole of our civilization."

Secretary of State Marco Rubio begins his speech in Athens

Crowd is starting to gather at Pnyx one hour before Secretary of State Marco Rubio's speech in Athens, Greece 🇬🇷 The Acropolis floats on a hill in the distance

En route to Rubio's Pnyx speech in Athens

Marco Rubio's speech on Wednesday afternoon in Athens will be delivered from the Pnyx, a hillside with a commanding view of the Acropolis. It served as the meeting place of the ancient Athenian democratic assembly and symbolizes the birthplace of direct democracy. Rubio will "call upon Americans and Europeans alike to join together in a great renewal of the Western spirit -- an inheritance stretching from Athens and Rome to Christendom to the founding of the American Republic," according to Assistant Secretary of State @ASDylanJohnson

Beautiful #Iceland from the air

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Athens on Tuesday night and is received by the nation's foreign minister and officials including US Ambassador to #Greece Kim Guilfoyle @USAmbassadorGR @kimguilfoyle @SecRubio

Got to witness the majestic Northern Lights dancing above #Reykjavik's famous Harpa Concert Hall last night!

Secretary of State Marco Rubio this morning in #Iceland recreated one of the most iconic photos of Ronald Reagan's presidency. The moment came exactly 40 years after the Gipper and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev met for the #Reykjavik Summit that signaled the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Can only imagine what the moment was like for Rubio, who grew up idolizing Reagan. As we wrote in our October cover story for Businessweek, in his 2012 memoir, "An American Son," Rubio recalled that his elders despised President Jimmy Carter for the humiliations of the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. They threw their support behind Reagan’s 1980 election campaign, in hopes he’d confront the Soviet Union, Cuba’s patron, and restore American strength. “I’ve been a Republican ever since,” Rubio wrote. Read the full story here: bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at Hofdi House in Reykjavik, #Iceland, for a meeting with the nation's Foreign Affairs Minister Þorgerður Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, recreating the famous Reagan-Gorbachev handshake from 1986 at the start of their meeting that marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War @SecRubio @thorgkatrin

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has landed in Iceland to begin a four-day visit to NATO members Iceland, Greece and Portugal. It's a brisk 39 degrees F

Sunday starts early this week!

ÚLTIMA HORA: ¡Nuestro perfil sobre el Secretario de Estado Marco Rubio ahora está disponible en español! ¡Disponible también en formato impreso en quioscos y librerías de México a partir del jueves! @nancook elfinanciero.com.mx/bloomber…

3 years ago yesterday: Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters opened for Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department @ABlinken

EXCLUSIVE: Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Roberto Velasco told @BloombergTV earlier today that he is cautiously optimistic about his nation's government reaching a trade deal with the Trump administration. “I’m always cautiously optimistic. We continue to have positive engagements." "We don’t have yet an agreement. Hopefully, we will get to an agreement in the not-so-distant future.” He spoke with us on the sidelines of #UNGA in New York, ahead of his speech to the General Assembly happening shortly tonight. @r_velascoa @davidgura @tomkeene piped.video/vcMcdxl4yYc?t=989&i…

Estaré en @ElFinancieroTv aproximadamente a las 15:15 hora de la CDMX (17:15 en Washington y Nueva York) para hablar de mi perfil sobre Marco Rubio en la portada de Businessweek Mexico para el mes de octubre. El perfil se llama "El Hombre del Presidente." Entrevista con @RaquelLPM

Now available at a newsstand near you!

US and #Argentina officials launch the Andes-Atlantic Corridor in New York on the sidelines of #UNGA. Participating for each nation: @DeputySecState @ChrisLandauUSA, @WHAAsstSecty Juan Pablo Segura, Canciller @pabloquirno, @ARGinUSA @alejandrito @LuisCaputoAR @USAmbassadorARG

Tuesday afternoon update from #UNGA post Trump-Zelenskiy bilat

Pregunté a la presidenta de #Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, si visitará a Nicolás Maduro durante su estancia en Nueva York esta semana para la ONU Ella se negó a responder antes que subir a su camioneta

I'll be on Bloomberg This Weekend in a few minutes at 9am with @davidgura @EenaRuffini talking about our Bloomberg Businessweek cover story about Secretary State Marco Rubio. @BloombergTV bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance... #UNGA

Downtown Washington DC looking beautiful from up above

Sharing my appearance from @BloombergTV yesterday afternoon to discuss our Businessweek cover story about Marco Rubio. Thanks @carolmassar @timsteno for having me on! piped.video/watch?v=ugs5Sc0b…

I first walked in the doors of a Bloomberg News office 20 years ago this week, a kid three months removed from college, starting a three-month internship. I never could have dreamed about the experiences that the next two decades would bring -- 4 years in New York, 8 years across two stints in Washington. During an unforgettable 8 years in Mexico City, I met my wife @roslmartin -- the event that truly changed my life -- and got to travel across Latin America, interviewing everyone from presidents and central bank chiefs of the hemisphere's largest economies to the parents of victims of the region's drug cartel violence, and migrants making the risky journey to the US. The past six years back in Washington, covering the State Department, foreign policy, the IMF, World Bank and trade -- all leading up to our new Businessweek cover story -- have been some of the most rewarding. It's been an unbelievable ride. I can't wait to see what the next 20 years bring. Thanks @business! The best is yet to come.

NEW: Marco Rubio has remade himself as Donald Trump’s global emissary. His transformation raises a question: What’s his long game? That's our Bloomberg Businessweek cover story. It includes my interview with Rubio, and thoughts from John Kerry, Steve Bannon, Rubio's former Senate colleague James Risch, and many more @nancook @business @BW bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives at the presidential palace in Lima, #Peru for a meeting with President Keiko Fujimori

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his wife Jeanette finish a visit to #Barranquilla, #Colombia and are headed to Quito, Ecuador for a day trip before finishing his South America travel in Lima

La bienvenida para Marco Rubio en el aeropuerto de #Barranquilla, #Colombia