Palestine recognition shows US influence declining under Trump

Marco Rubio complained the gesture was meaningless but the US Secretary of State was powerless to stop allies moving

The move by Australia and its centre-left-governed allies to recognise Palestine is meaningless, according to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

‘It’s largely meaningless, right?’ Mr Rubio told the New York radio station 77 WABC this week.

‘It’s symbolic, and they’re doing it primarily for one reason, and that is their internal politics, their domestic po…