Trump and Rubio plan to visit oil tanker carrying Venezuelan crude in Texas

President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are set to appear at Port Arthur, Texas, on Tuesday to highlight a freshly docked tanker loaded with Venezuelan crude bound for Texas refineries. A congressional aide and two U. S. officials described the plan, speaking anonymously because it had not yet been announced, according to ABC News.

The stop coincides with a Texas campaign swing for Trump on behalf of Republican midterm candidates, with rallies planned in Corpus Christi and Lubbock. He is working to bolster Ken Paxton, the Republican Senate candidate, who faces a close contest against Democrat James Talarico.

Rubio also holds the post of national security adviser. No one has said whether he will take part in campaign events, though this would mark his first time traveling with the president as Trump tours the country. A chief diplomat joining political travel is very unusual, and it would add to the sense that Trump's second term has erased the separation between governing and campaigning. Attorney General Todd Blanche, for example, has been showing up at rallies with Republican hopefuls.

Summarized by PolitiKool from ABC News’s reporting. Read the full story at ABC News →