Donald Trump pranks Marco Rubio with a 'care package'


Donald Trump has been known to poke fun at his fellow Republican candidates, often by resorting to low blows about their appearance or energy levels. For his latest trick, Trump actually went the good old fashioned pranking route, sending a "care package" to opponent Marco Rubio.
The special delivery, which arrived at Sen. Rubio's Washington campaign office on Monday, included a case of "Trump Ice Natural Spring Water" (emblazoned, of course, with Trump's face), two "Make America Great Again" towels, a Trump 2016 bumper sticker, and a note that taunted, "Since you're always sweating, we thought you could use some water. Enjoy!"
The package riffed on an incident in 2013 when Rubio gained attention for repeatedly gulping down water on air while delivering the Republican response to the State of the Union address. While Rubio later made a good-natured joke about the water bottle at CNN's Republican Debate, Trump mocked the senator last week, commenting, "I've never seen a young guy sweat that much. He's drinking water, water, water. I never saw anything like this with him with the water."
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A Trump aide clarified to CNN that the towels were "for him sweating."
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