‘I’m from Miami’ but ‘it’s hot’: Rubio tours India as temperatures soar past 100 degrees

Asia‘I’m from Miami’ but ‘it’s hot’: Rubio tours India as temperatures soar past 100 degreesThe visit by Secretary of State Marco Rubio comes at a critical time for Indo-Pacific security as well as U.S.-India relations, which have been strained by the Trump administration’s tariffs.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Add NBC News to GoogleRubio tours India’s famed Taj Mahal amid strained trade relations01:15Get more newsLiveonShareAdd NBC News to GoogleMay 26, 2026, 6:57 AM EDTBy Mithil Aggarwal and Jay GanglaniSummers in New Delhi can be brutal, even for Floridians used to the heat.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in India over the weekend to a blast of over 100 degrees, kicking off a four-day trip that included meetings with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the foreign ministers of India, Australia and Japan, as well as a midday tour of the Taj Mahal that drew expressions of sympathy from social media users worried that Rubio might wilt in the heat.“I wanted to keep this brief because it’s hot. It’s hot,” Rubio said to laughter Saturday at the inauguration of the U.S. Embassy’s new building, which houses the consular operation in New Delhi. “Although it’s not humid — like, I’m from Miami — there’s a humid hot and then there’s this hot, but it’s like, what time is it? It should be cooling off by now.”But Rubio had good reason to be sweltering in the heat.Rubio and Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar after their meeting in New Delhi on Sunday.Manan Vatsyayana / AFP via Getty ImagesHis visit comes at a critical time for the Quad, the Indo-Pacific alliance also called the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, and U.S.-India relations, which have been strained in recent months over the Trump administration’s steep tariffs on Indian exports. While the two countries have reached an interim agreement on certain trade aspects, disputes rem...