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Miranda Devine: Marco Rubio is a rock star in the Trump admin – and making himself a serious candidate for prez in 2028

From DJ’ing a wedding on the weekend to manning the White House press podium like a boss, from velvet-gloved diplomacy in Europe to juggling the roles of secretary of state and NSA director in the middle of a war, Marco Rubio is the administration’s secret charm bomb.

President Trump rolls him out whenever he has a problem to solve.

Whether it’s filling in as national archivist, blowing cartel drug boats out of the water, ­DOGEing USAID to death or sitting as vice chairman of the “Saving College Sports” council, Rubio is Trump’s Mr. Fix-it.

His Tuesday stint filling in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is on maternity leave, became a viral sensation on several fronts: his casual use of rap and hip-hop lyrics like “insane in the brain” (Cypress Hill) to ­describe the Iranian leaders and his warning that they “should check themselves before they wreck themselves” (Ice Cube) earned him cool dad credits with the press pool.

When a reporter asked him for his “DJ name” because a video doing the rounds on social media over the weekend showed him spinning tracks at a family wedding, Rubio dryly replied: “You’re not ready for my DJ name.”

He was at turns charming, self-deprecating, good-humored and eloquent, smoothly answering every question with useful information, effortlessly switching to Spanish if asked, and eliciting laughter from the room with occasional wisecracks.

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