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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as Donald Trump’s next secretary of state would no doubt be “a hawkish choice” as the president-elect continues to build out his incoming administration, according to Axios co-founder Mike Allen, who adds the pick also sends a reassuring signal. “This is to be reassuring to people around the world, to Republicans, to Democrats in Washington, of the choices that president-elect Trump had,” Allen told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins during an interview Monday near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida. “Marco Rubio is a very traditional Republican.” Allen, who …