Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent all day telling TV interviewers that high-stakes negotiations to end a war are best done behind closed doors. Then his boss opened Truth Social.

Rubio was doing the rounds on the Sunday morning political talk shows, politely declining invitations to reveal what was sought from Russian President Vladimir Putin when he met US President Donald Trump in Alaska, or what Putin was willing to give up, if anything.

Marco Rubio, left, spent the day saying the negotiations can’t take place in public view. Then Donald Trump opened Truth Social.Credit: Bloomberg

“These peace deals, these peace agreements and negotiations, they don’t work when they’re conducted in the media, either through leaks or through lies,” Rubio told This Week on ABC. “They don’t work if you go out and say aggressive and abrasive things about one side or the other – because then they just walk away.”

On CBS’ Face the Nation, he said: “We’re not going to negotiate this in the media … There’s no conditions that can be imposed on Ukraine. They’re going to have to accept things, but they’re going to........

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