No matter what he does, Donald Trump’s actions get picked on. He seems to be the butt of every joke and is the most searched topic on the internet.
Revenge is sweet. And if paid in like, even more.
US President Donald Trump awkwardly reached for a water bottle during a televised speech Wednesday — in a scene that surely handed sweet satisfaction to Marco Rubio, the Republican senator and Trump’s one-time rival for the White House.
The internet went wild. It drew many comparisons to a moment when Republican Sen. Marco Rubio paused his rebuttal to the 2013 State of the Union to grab a water bottle, which Trump had mocked at length during the 2016 presidential campaign.
Several minutes into a White House speech summarizing his just-completed trip to Asia, Trump bent down to reach for water on a lower shelf of his podium.
Realizing no bottle was there, he popped up to announce: “They don’t have water. That’s OK.”
When an aide signaled that there was a bottle to Trump’s right, the president leaned over, stared resolutely forward as he twisted off the cap, lifted the bottle to his lips with two hands, and took a sip.
Posts flooded Twitter to recall how Trump repeatedly ridiculed Rubio back in 2013 over his watery gaffe, and Wednesday’s footage quickly made it on to cable news.
“Next time Marco Rubio should drink his water from a glass as opposed to a bottle — would have a much less negative impact,” Trump tweeted in February 2013.
Again on the campaign trail in February last year, Trump imitated Rubio on stage and called him a “choke artist” over his water woes.
“Help me, I need water. Help!” Trump mocked, as he held up a bottle of water, took a swig, then casually threw it over his shoulder.
Rubio, who unsuccessfully challenged Trump for their party’s presidential nomination, wasted no time turning the tables.
“Similar, but needs work on his form,” Rubio quipped in a tweet. “Has to be done in one single motion & eyes should never leave the camera. But not bad for his 1st time.”
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— Allan Smith (@akarl_smith) November 15, 2017
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