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Topics: Donald Trump, US News
Madison Burgess
Marco Rubio has revealed his bizarre strategy to avoid Donald Trump when we wants to take a nap during a flight.
It turns out that even the United States Secretary of State has tactics to hide away from his boss, which is fair enough considering he's with him all the time.
In a new interview in the New York Magazine, which was published on Monday (26 January), the 54-year-old Republican explained how it's difficult to get any sleep while travelling on Air Force One, as US President Donald Trump, 79, never naps on the plane.
So, hilariously, this man with one of the most important political roles in the US, has to hide in corners to avoid Trump.
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Rubio told the publication: "There’s an office with two couches, and I usually want to sleep on one of those two couches.
“But what I do is I cocoon myself in a blanket. I cover my head. I look like a mummy."
He added: “And I do that because I know that at some point on the flight, [Trump is] going to emerge from the cabin and start prowling the hallways to see who is awake."
However, Rubio clarified that he doesn't want Trump to know it's him.
"I want him to think it’s a staffer who fell asleep. I don’t want him to see his secretary of State sleeping on a couch and think, 'Oh, this guy is weak,'" he added.
Then, the interviewer asked whether Trump was instead falling asleep during public appearances, which is something he's been accused of in recent months.
The President has been snapped with his eyes suspiciously closed on numerous occasions, including the men's singles final of the US Open and a lengthy cabinet meeting last month.
Rubio scoffed: "It’s a listening mechanism".
While, as per the NY Magazine, Trump himself offered a different defence in the Oval Office and simply said: "It’s boring as hell."
He added: “I’m going around a room, and I’ve got 28 guys - the last one was three and a half hours. I have to sit back and listen, and I move my hand so that people will know I’m listening. I’m hearing every word, and I can’t wait to get out."
Trump also previously told the Wall Street Journal: "I’ll just close. It’s very relaxing to me. Sometimes they’ll take a picture of me blinking, blinking, and they’ll catch me with the blink."
In the same interview, he added that he's 'never been a big sleeper', and the publication reported that he has difficulty snoozing at night and is instead 'texting and calling aides at 2am or later'.
The WSJ also reported that top staff apparently take turns sitting with Trump on long trips, rotating so that others can sleep while one person remains by his side, according to White House officials.
And it gets worse - Trump is allegedly known to poke fun at aides for falling asleep.
Okay, we understand now why Rubio was trying to hide...