Meet the Marco Rubio of the Middle East
Simon Whistler • August 19, 2026

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There is a man in the current Trump administration who's punching way, way above his weight. A man with so many jobs that it's hard to keep them all straight, who seems to be running into our countries himself. Countries other than the United States.
The man you're almost certainly thinking of is none other than Marco Rubio, whose resume has taken on a life of its own. Yet we're actually not discussing the Venezuelan viceroy today at all. Instead, we're talking about the man who may be his Middle East equivalent.
Tom Barrack is a guy who holds nearly as many jobs as Rubio while getting only a fraction of the attention.
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