Rubio: Unlike previous US presidents, Trump did not back down from dealing with Iran Marco Rubio defended Donald Trump's policy towards Iran and argued that the American president was elected to make difficult decisions and actions. Rubio said: "It was very easy for Trump, like several presidents before him, to ignore the issue of Iran and leave it to the next president to deal with." He emphasized: "But Trump didn't do that and decided to deal directly with this issue."