Kallas and Rubio Stage Diplomatic Theater Performance That Would Be Considered Too Dramatic Even for Liepāja Theater

A diplomatic theater performance took place at the G7 meeting that would surpass even the most complex Liepāja Theater plays, which even Riga residents travel to see for real emotional tension. Estonian Foreign Minister Kaja Kallas and her US colleague Marco Rubio put on such a spectacular performance about Ukraine that several ministers started looking for exits.

Kallas, seeing that the US wasn't being tough enough on Moscow, decided to remind Rubio of his own words from last year. "A year has passed, but Russia hasn't moved forward. When will your patience run out?" she asked with the same intonation a Liepāja woman would use when seeing that her neighbor again hasn't cleared the snow from his sidewalk.

Rubio reacted like a true American diplomat — raised his voice and said: "We're doing everything possible to end the war. If you think you can do it better, please. We'll step aside." This was the diplomatic equivalent of saying "do it yourself if you're so smart" — just with a bigger budget and international consequences.

After this dramatic scene, several European ministers intervened like peace-loving spectators trying to calm the situation during theater intermission. The US State Department later called the whole thing an "open exchange of views," which is the diplomatic way of saying "yes, our guy got a little worked up." Rubio himself later denied any tensions, saying that nobody was shouting or raising their voice — apparently his definition of "not raising voice" differs from other people's understanding.