Trump Channels Marco Rubio To Interrupt His Speech For A Drink Of Water, And Everyone Loses Their Minds

During a campaign stop in late February 2016, then-presidential hopeful Donald Trump took a swipe at Sen. Marco Rubio, one of his many competitors during the Republican primaries. “When they put Marco on to refute President Obama’s speech, do you remember that catastrophe?” he asked the crowd. “‘I need water, help me I need water. Help!’ This is on live television. This total choke artist.” Trump, of course, was referring to Rubio’s infamous water break during his televised response to President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union Address. On Wednesday, karma clogged Trump’s evidently dried-out windpipe.

“Thank you,” he said before bending over to see if there was any water for him underneath the podium. When he came up empty-handed, Trump quipped, “They don’t have water. That’s okay.” Just before the president plowed into the remainder of his prepared remarks, however, someone off-camera indicated that a bottle of water was located near him — prompting Trump to again leave the cameras’ vantage point and return with an unused bottle. After opening it with some apparent difficulty, he took a quick, awkward drink and continue on with his speech.

Before the bottle left the president’s hands, however, journalists, politicos, and Twitter trolls were quick to notice the scene’s eerie similarity to Rubio’s previous farce.

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Many were quick to reference Trump’s previous negative comments about Rubio’s famous water break during the 2016 presidential campaign.

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Rubio himself, however, had the last laugh.