Marco Rubio is out here playing hide-and-sleep on Air Force One like he’s a kid sneaking cookies after bedtime. Why? Because President Trump doesn’t sleep—and Rubio doesn’t want to look like a lightweight while the boss is prowling the aisles at 35,000 feet.
In a recent interview with New York Magazine, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confessed he goes full-on mummy mode when he needs to catch a nap during overseas flights. “There’s an office with two couches,” Rubio said. “I cocoon myself in a blanket. I cover my head. I look like a mummy.” He even joked that it’s like he’s “auditioning for a Snuggie commercial.” And let’s be honest, that mental image is already going viral.
But this isn’t just about a power nap. It’s about keeping up with a president who, according to Rubio, never sleeps. “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. That’s right—Trump is basically the night watchman of Air Force One, making sure the entire team is alert, ready, and not drooling on a government-issued pillow.
Rubio admits he doesn’t want Trump catching him snoozing. “I want him to think it’s a staffer who fell asleep,” he said. “I don’t want him to see his Secretary of State sleeping on a couch and think, Oh, this guy is weak.”
And that’s what makes this story so gold. While Democrats are out here pushing 80 and struggling to finish a sentence without a teleprompter, President Trump is walking the aisles of a jet at 3 a.m. like he’s just getting started.