Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday ordered his department to stop publicly commenting on foreign elections unless “there is a clear and compelling U.S. foreign policy interest to do so,” reported The Wall Street Journal.

Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau told The Daily Signal the guidance “provides commonsense clarity to the entire Department that elections-related communications should reflect President Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy agenda.”

The memo states that “when it is appropriate to comment on a foreign election, our message should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”

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