--- 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: 2026-10-12T08:31:45.409Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Marco Rubio Already Trolled Trump for His Mid-Speech Water Break > Sponsored content. 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President Trump Takes A Break From Presser To Sip Water_ by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Nov 15, 2017 9:22 PM UTC President Trump Takes A Break From Presser To Sip Water 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/). ## Transcript Japanese companies have announced investments in the United States worth more than 8 billion dollars. 17, 000 jobs. 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