--- title: Trump Drinks Water Mid Speech: Internet, Marco Rubio Reacts description: Donald Trump took a drink of water during his speech and the moment quickly went viral inspiring funny reactions. canonical: https://time.com/5026390/trump-water-reactions/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-11-15T21:22:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:50.088Z og:title: Marco Rubio Immediately Trolled Trump for Drinking Water og:description: Thirst comes for us all og:url: https://time.com/5026390/trump-water-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02927de021a0ea3c/6988a216656a3f5c1ebccb82/trump-and-rubio.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The four remaining Republican primary candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump debate at the University of Miami on March 10, 2016. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Marco Rubio Immediately Trolled Trump for Drinking Water twitter:description: Thirst comes for us all twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt02927de021a0ea3c/6988a216656a3f5c1ebccb82/trump-and-rubio.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio Already Trolled Trump for His Mid-Speech Water Break by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 15, 2017 9:22 PM UTC  The four remaining Republican primary candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump debate at the University of Miami on March 10, 2016. The four remaining Republican primary candidates Marco Rubio and Donald Trump debate at the University of Miami on March 10, 2016.Carolyn Cole—LA Times via Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 15, 2017 9:22 PM UTC Even [Donald Trump](http://time.com/5021380/donald-trump-asia-roy-moore-tax-california-shooting/) needs some water sometimes. The president stopped his speech because he wanted some water during his first public statement since his [return from Asia](http://time.com/5022965/donald-trump-asia-trip-duterte/) Wednesday causing a [massive eruption of hot takes on Twitter](http://time.com/4968074/donald-trump-paper-towels-puerto-rico/). “They don’t have water, that’s O.K.” he said rolling with the punches. Suddenly, an aide appeared to tell him there was a bottle for him offscreen. He then unscrewed the cap of a Fiji water bottle and took a long refreshing sip before continuing to tout business news. People immediately had fun with the human moment. Why would anyone care if he needed a sip anyway? Well, Trump poked fun at[ Marco Rubio](http://time.com/4825715/ivanka-trump-met-with-lawmakers-to-discuss-paid-family-leave/) for doing the same back during his State of the Union response in 2013. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/301767471562629120) > [](https://twitter.com/kathrynw5/status/930899310799212544) > [](https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/930899298740588544) > [](https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/9308999486689484814) > [](https://twitter.com/evanmcmurry/status/930899633714315264) > [](https://twitter.com/MrDanZak/status/930900316953956352) Immediately in on the joke, Rubio fired off a response to the fact that thirst comes for us all. > [](https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/930902480623321088) Others just reacted to the water break. > [](https://twitter.com/TomNamako/status/930899939634434053) > [](https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/93090196505123635) > [](https://twitter.com/christinawilkie/status/930899653129891840) > [](https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/930900765056618496) Wikipedia editors were swiftly on the case to declare the natural water brand Trump’s official drink of choice. > [](https://twitter.com/GenePark/status/930901001548259331) You can watch the [livestream of Trump’s speech here](http://time.com/5026095/donald-trump-white-house-statement-livestream/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5026390/trump-water-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5026390/trump-water-reactions/"},"headline":"Marco Rubio Already Trolled Trump for His Mid-Speech Water Break","datePublished":"2017-11-15T21:22:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:48:50.088Z","description":"Donald Trump took a drink of water during his speech and the moment quickly went viral inspiring funny reactions.","url":"https://time.com/5026390/trump-water-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","politics","viral","Sen. 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