President Donald Trump once mocked Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) for needing a drink of water during a televised speech.
On Wednesday, the tables were turned when Trump himself had an awkward moment involving an ill-timed water break during a televised speech ― and it quickly made waves on social media as well as late-night TV.
Here’s “Late Show” host ― and frequent Trump nemesis ― Stephen Colbert:
TONIGHT: President Trump is back from his overseas trip and is celebrating Thirsty Thursday a little early… #LSSC pic.twitter.com/mO2KB5LA76
— The Late Show (@colbertlateshow) November 16, 2017
“The Daily Show” also had some fun at the president’s expense:
BREAKING: New development in the Trump water scandal. #Waterghazi pic.twitter.com/VXGj22g2nr
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 15, 2017
President Trump's official portrait unveiled pic.twitter.com/9mHqNKLVY3
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) November 15, 2017
On Twitter, the well of jokes never ran dry:
Trump makes Senator Rubio look like a world champion water drinker compared to his clumsy display. Has the man never opened a bottle of water before? https://t.co/iUVMPFUssH
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) November 15, 2017
Life comes at you pretty fast pic.twitter.com/PTfD5D9lG9
— Jackie Carbajal (@jackiecarbajal) November 15, 2017
The best part of Trump’s water sip awkwardness is him holding the bottle with two hands like he’s drinking from a sippy cup.
— I👏🏾Miss👏🏾Obama (@SheilaInCT) November 16, 2017
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 #inners
President Trump stops his speech to search for water
— Pat Ward (@WardDPatrick) November 15, 2017
cc: @marcorubio pic.twitter.com/26hR5w7ZIe
Trump drinks FIJI Water while decrying trade deficits. pic.twitter.com/hjO34kKGmx
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) November 15, 2017
Trump made fun of Marco Rubio for needing water! BAHAHA pic.twitter.com/hkcNlC7tbT
— Erick Fernandez (@ErickFernandez) November 15, 2017
Once again, POTUS shows Rubio how it's done. You need water? You stop your own speech, check your rostrum, complain that there's no water, wait for someone to say the water is outside the rostrum, then take a moment to drink from a bottle that's bigger than a baby Poland Spring. pic.twitter.com/mPAKnHjwsb
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) November 15, 2017
A scientific investigation into the size of Trump's hands based on this clip of him holding a tiny water bottle https://t.co/bBB9hW6Epx . pic.twitter.com/GhRgD9fv3r
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) November 16, 2017
Don't make fun of Trump for drinking water during a press conference. Make fun of the fact that he needed two hands to drink out of one of those small Fiji bottles. pic.twitter.com/8NH439I82m
— Brian Heater (@bheater) November 15, 2017
In 2013, Trump tweeted at least 5 times about Rubio's water incident including that he should "drink his water from a glass as opposed to a bottle". (Today, Trump sipped from a bottle.) pic.twitter.com/z8RSTPl775
— Steve Kopack (@SteveKopack) November 15, 2017
And, of course, Rubio also made a splash:
Similar,but needs work on his form.Has to be done in one single motion & eyes should never leave the camera. But not bad for his 1st time https://t.co/s49JtyRo3S
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) November 15, 2017
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