JON KARL: There was some reporting this week that you are possibly under consideration to be Donald Trump's running mate. I don't put a lot of stock in this reporting right now. We're early, but you said it would be an honor to be offered a spot on his ticket. Really?
MARCO RUBIO: Yeah. I think anyone who is offered the opportunity to serve this country as vice president should be honored by the opportunity to do it if you are in public service. I'm in the Senate because I want to serve the country. Being vice president is an important way to serve the country. But I've also been clear. I've never talked to Donald Trump, I’ve never talked to anybody on his team or family or inner circle about vice president. That's the decision he's going to make. He has plenty of really good people to pick from.
KARL: I mean, the reason why I ask is- look what happened to the last guy. I mean, a mob stormed the Capitol, literally calling to hang Mike Pence.
RUBIO: Listen, I-
KARL: And Trump defended those chants of “hang Mike Pence”.
RUBIO: I will tell you this, that when Donald Trump was president of the United States, this country was safer, it was more prosperous. We had relations for example, in a part of the world I care about called the Western Hemisphere, that were very strong and we had a lot of good things done there. I think the country and the world was a better place when he was president. And I would love to see him return to the White House in comparison to the guy who's there now, Joe Biden, who's been a disaster economically. Look at the world- every single day we wake up to a new crisis, a new conflict. Everything has gone on fire since the time Joe Biden took over. Afghanistan's gone down, Ukraine has been invaded. Now the Philippines and the Chinese are on the verge of something bad every single day, not to mention the threats to Taiwan. We have this blowup in Haiti going on in our very own hemisphere. We wake up every day- terrorist attacks and 9 million people across the border.
KARL: But- but- but- but-
RUBIO: I mean, that’s what matters to me.
KARL: I mean, you're not suggesting that's all happening because of Biden.
RUBIO: Absolutely, I am. Absolutely I'm suggesting it's happening because of Biden. He's president and his weakness --
KARL: It’s because of Biden that Russia invaded Ukraine?
RUBIO: Absolutely.
KARL: It’s because of Biden that Haiti…
RUBIO: Absolutely. I mean, Putin is sitting there saying, these guys can't even stand up to the Taliban and they have to fly people hanging off the wings of these airplanes. Now's the time to go.