PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS A PEACE DEAL IS CLOSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
TRUMP MADE THAT COMMENT MOMENTS AFTER SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO HANDED HIM A NOTE DURING AN EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY.
THE NOTE THAT RUBIO HANDED TRUMP URGED THE PRESIDENT TO GIVE HIS OK TO A SOCIAL MEDIA POST RELATED TO A DEAL.
“YOU NEED TO APPROVE A TRUTH SOCIAL POST SOON SO YOU CAN ANNOUNCE DEAL FIRST,” THE HAND-SCRAWLED NOTE READ, ON WHITE HOUSE STATIONARY.
RUBIO WASN’T PART OF TRUMP’S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION AT THE WHITE HOUSE, BUT WALKED INTO THE ROOM, HANDED TRUMP THE NOTE AND WHISPERED SOMETHING TO HIM.
AS TRUMP FIELDED SOME QUESTIONS FROM GATHERED REPORTERS, RUBIO STOOD OFF TO THE SIDE, SEEMINGLY ANXIOUS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO COME WITH HIM TO TURN TOWARD THE MIDDLE EAST NEGOTIATIONS.