"US Secretary of State Marco Rubio baffled politics-watchers as he gave an end of year address which included a reference to his 'Acting Archivist' role at the National Archives and Records Administration. "Hi, it's Marco Rubio. I'm the national security advisor and the secretary of state and the archivist right now, the acting archivist for the 47th president of the United States, the best president we've ever had. And it's an honour to be able to do this job," he told the camera - before going on to talk about foreign policy, rather than archives. His on-screen title even suggested he had given himself an upgrade, appearing without the 'acting' suffix. Rubio took over as 'archivist' from Colleen Shogan, who was appointed by Joe Biden but fired in February by Donald Trump, following political tensions. The role is head of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), responsible for preserving American history and records. He made no mention of the current standoff with Venezuela, but did say that "the president has kept his promise to the American people. He's keeping us safe by taking the war to the drug cartels, the drug cartels that are poisoning and killing our people." He also praised Trump's 'one peace deal after another'. "India, Pakistan were ready to go to war. A very dangerous war. The president stopped it. Cambodia and Thailand. We got that peace deal put in place. Azerbaijan and Armenia, a war that could have started. That would have been terrible. We put that into place. And of course, Gaza, that long war, nobody saw an end to it," he went on. He also praised the pressure on NATO to "do something no president has ever been able to get NATO to do, and that has increased their defence spending to 5%." "We got rid of USAID. We brought all that foreign aid under the State Department so that now when we give money to countries, we know where the money's going, and we know we're helping our allies and our friends and not just enriching some, you know, third party group that's making a bunch of money from your taxpayer dollars," he added. "2026 is going to bring more challenges. But we have a great president and a great team that he's built, and we can't wait to see the exciting achievements of the year to come. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, happy New Year to everybody. The best is yet to come," he concluded. "