President Donald Trump fumbled his way through a very public senior moment

President Donald Trump fumbled his way through a very public senior moment while meeting with oil and gas executives at the White House on Friday, when he read aloud a private note handed to him by the secretary of state. Trump was chairing a roundtable with the heads of more than a dozen major oil companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, and ConocoPhillips, and was slipped a personal note by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in what appeared to be an effort to get the president back on track.

“Marco just gave me a note,” the 79-year-old announced to the crowd, then proceeded to read it to everyone: “‘Go back to Chevron.

They want to discuss something. Go ahead, I’m going back to Chevron,” Trump said, waving the note in front of him.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s apparent attempt to pass a note under the radar was foiled by President Donald Trump immediately reading it out loud.

Trump and other officials were meeting with oil executives on Friday, including those from Chevron and Exxon, in a push to get them to invest billions into oil production in Venezuela. Following the capture of Nicolas Maduro, the president of the oil-rich South American country, Trump declared the U.S. would “run” Venezuela and become “strongly involved” in its oil industry.

During the meeting, Trump was mid-sentence when Rubio, seated next to him, placed a small piece of paper in front of him. “Marco just gave me a note,” the president announced, before launching into a read-aloud. “‘Go back to Chevron, they want to discuss something.'”

Appearing take Rubio’s advice, he continued,

“Go ahead, I’m going back to Chevron.”

The president added, “Thank you, Marco,” with a laugh and a pat on Rubio’s back.

The moment appeared to cause some confusion; a voice could be heard asking, “Is there a question, Mr. President?”

Trump deferred to Rubio.

“Yes. Go ahead. Marco, what are you saying here?” he asked, waving the note.

At another point in the meeting, Trump took an impromptu breather to stare out the window at his in-progress White House ballroom. President Donald Trump has issued a strong warning to Cuba, declaring the island nation would receive “zero” oil or money from

Venezuela – after joking that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be its next

president.

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” Trump wrote on

his Truth Social platform early Sunday morning. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,” Trump added.

Trump’s plan for Venezuela’s massive oil reserve has started to become clearer in recent days. While the South American country has been Cuba’s largest oil supplier, after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Trump convinced the country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, to send between 30 and 50 million barrels of or State Marco kubio would be its next

president.

“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA – ZERO!” Trump wrote on

his Truth Social platform early Sunday morning. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE,” Trump added.

Trump’s plan for Venezuela’s massive oil reserve has started to become clearer in

recent days. While the South American country has been Cuba’s largest oil supplier, after the U.S. capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Trump convinced the country’s interim leader, Delcy Rodriguez, to send between 30 and 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the U.S.

“Cuba lived, for many years, on large amounts of OlL and MONEY from Venezuela,” Trump wrote. “In return, Cuba provided ‘Security Services’ for the last two Venezuelan dictators, BUT NOT ANYMORE!” The Secretary of State’s popularity – and odds of becoming the next president – have soared since U.S. forces captured the Venezuelan leader.

The chances of Rubio becoming the next president went from just 4 percent last month to 9 percent last Monday, according to Polymarket.

Trump’s stern warning on social media came after the president shared a screenshot of another person’s lighthearted post reading,

“Marco Rubio will be president of Cuba.” To which Trump added, “Sounds good to me!” Rubio, however, still lags dramatically behind

Vice President JD Vance in the race to be

Trump’s successor on the Republican ticket, with Vance ahead of him with 30 percent chances.

All eyes have been on Cuba in the days since

U.S. forces extradited the Venezuelan leader, as the two countries are close allies and

trading partners.

Since the capture of Maduro last weekend, Republican leaders have signaled that Cuba’s communist regime may soon fall.

While U.S. intelligence has suggested Cuba’s political and economic situation is dire, its assessment has shown no clear support for Trump’s prediction that the island is “ready to fall,” Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the confidential assessments. Cuba’s communist regime may soon fall.

While U.S. intelligence has suggested Cuba’s political and economic situation is dire, its assessment has shown no clear support for Trump’s prediction that the island is “ready to fall,” Reuters reported, citing three people familiar with the confidential assessments.

A day after the U.S. captured Maduro, Rubio issued a warning to Cuba, telling NBC News’

“Meet the Press” that he thinks the country is “in a lot of trouble.” “I’m not going to talk to you about what our future steps are going to be and our polices are going to be right now in this regard,” Rubio said. “But I don’ think it’s any mystery that we are not big fans of the Cuban regime, who, by the way, are the ones that were propping up Maduro.”

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