LIVE Trump travels to Alaska to campaign for GOP candidates ahead of midterms

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recalled the top U.S.

Key points

• As ties between Washington and Managua have grown increasingly tense, the State Department remarked Tuesday that the chargé d'affaires at the U.S.
• And Nicaragua have soured demonstrably since Trump took office for his second term, notably after the early January U.S.
• The government's "decision demonstrates their complete unwillingness to engage in productive diplomatic dialogue, " the department remarked in an official note.
• "Maintaining open diplomatic channels is the cornerstone of international relations, " it remarked.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has recalled the top U.S. Envoy to Nicaragua for consultations after the Nicaraguan administration rejected the Trump administration's choice to be the new American ambassador to the country.

As ties between Washington and Managua have grown increasingly tense, the State Department remarked Tuesday that the chargé d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Nicaragua would be returning home for "critical consultations" after Nicaragua's denial of agrément for President Donald Trump's nominee to be the new U.S. Ambassador. Diplomatic protocol requires a host administration to accept, or grant agrément, to an incoming ambassador before they can take up their post.

Notably, the government's "decision demonstrates their complete unwillingness to engage in productive diplomatic dialogue, " the department remarked in an official note.

"Maintaining open diplomatic channels is the cornerstone of international relations, " it remarked. It continued that Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his co-president wife Rosario Murillo had demonstrated "the hypocrisy of their rhetoric of mutual respect and their desire to engage in political theater at the expense of the Nicaraguan people."

Relations between the U.S. And Nicaragua have soured demonstrably since Trump took office for his second term, notably after the early January U.S. Operation to remove Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro from power.

Taken together, the developments around lIVE  Trump travels to Alaska to campaign for GOP candidates ahead of midterms point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.