Secretary of State Marco Rubio revealed he goes to unusual lengths to avoid being caught napping by President Trump during overseas flights on Air Force One.
While the man who has many administration jobs says he needs rest, Trump never sleeps on the plane — and could patrol the cabin at any moment, Rubio told New York Magazine.
“There’s an office with two couches,” Rubio told the outlet. “I cocoon myself in a blanket. I cover my head. I look like a mummy.”
The secretary then mimed pulling a blanket over his body like he was “auditioning for a Snuggie commercial,” according to the report.
The reason? He doesn’t want Trump to think his Secretary of State/National Security Advisor/USAID and NARA head is sleeping on the job(s.)
“At some point on the flight, he’s going to emerge from the cabin and start prowling the hallways to see who is awake,” Rubio said of the commander-in-chief who never sleeps.
“I want him to think it’s a staffer who fell asleep,” he joked. “I don’t want him to see his secretary of State sleeping on a couch and think, Oh, this guy is weak.”
Trump’s uncanny ability to stay awake has wowed observers since his first term in office, when he regularly would post tweets in the wee hours of the morning.
That trend has continued some in his second term, though now the posts appear on his Truth Social platform.
