--- title: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice description: After brutal name calling and low blows, it appears Marco Rubio and Donald Trump have called a truce, of sorts. canonical: https://time.com/4351259/trump-rubio-truce-twitter/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-27T20:14:32.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:54:22.681Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice og:description: Their Twitter feud days may be over og:url: https://time.com/4351259/trump-rubio-truce-twitter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d3518a3a222564a/6988956b2dce0153b69e944b/trump-rubio-truce-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Election Night News Conference og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice twitter:description: Their Twitter feud days may be over twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d3518a3a222564a/6988956b2dce0153b69e944b/trump-rubio-truce-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 27, 2016 8:14 PM UTC  Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, smiles while speaking during a news conference at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2016. Donald Trump, president and chief executive of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, smiles while speaking during a news conference at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., on Tuesday, March 15, 2016.Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg /Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News May 27, 2016 8:14 PM UTC After brutal name calling and low blows, it appears Marco Rubio and Donald Trump have called a truce, of sorts. Rubio recently came to Trump’s defense on Twitter, saying the protesters at Trump’s rallies are “professional” and not violent, as he claims the media puts it. And now, Trump, who once said Rubio couldn’t get elected “[dogcatcher](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfmHyuekBwA)” in Florida, is urging the former presidential candidate to run for reelection there. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/736016335197458434) [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/card/somethings-between-trump-rubio-n581546) Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4351259/trump-rubio-truce-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4351259/trump-rubio-truce-twitter/"},"headline":"Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice","datePublished":"2016-05-27T20:14:32.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:54:22.681Z","description":"Their Twitter feud days may be over","url":"https://time.com/4351259/trump-rubio-truce-twitter/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","People"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d3518a3a222564a/6988956b2dce0153b69e944b/trump-rubio-truce-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5d3518a3a222564a/6988956b2dce0153b69e944b/trump-rubio-truce-twitter.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Election Night News Conference","caption":"Presidential Candidate Donald Trump Holds Election Night News Conference","creditText":"Andrew Harrer—Bloomberg /Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4351259/trump-rubio-truce-twitter/","name":"Donald Trump and Marco Rubio Are Playing Nice"}}]}] ```