How Marco Rubio Tried (and Failed) to Stop a Trump Official from Molesting Mick Jagger
Wild horses were unable to stop President Donald Trump’s entourage from crashing British superstar Mick Jagger’s dinner during a visit to the UK in September.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio awkwardly bragged about his encounter with the Rolling Stones rocker during a celebration of the president’s new ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, in Washington, D.C., on Monday, according to a summary of the event published by News.
As Rubio recounted, he, Gor and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent were having dinner at a London restaurant when they noticed the “Sympathy for the Devil” singer walk in and sit down just two tables away.
Gor, then chief of presidential staff, oozing American boldness, decided it was perfectly appropriate to interrupt Jagger’s meal.
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“Sergio said, ‘I’m going to go up to him. I’m going to take his picture,'” Rubio recalled. “I tell him, ‘Don’t go near him.’”
“I looked him up online immediately — he’s not a big fan of the president,” said the former senator who noticed. “Then I thought, ‘Sergio, this could be really bad. We’re in the guy’s country. He’s a legend in this country. I mean, I don’t know how he’s going to react.'”
Gor already seemed to have made up his mind, so Rubio made what seemed like a reasonable request.
“It’s okay, whatever you do, don’t mention me,” he recalled telling Gor. “He doesn’t even know who I am. And if he knows who I am, it’s not because he likes me.”
Gor, who Trump has boasted about being a love-’em-or-hate-’em person in the White House, didn’t follow Rubio’s instructions.
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As America’s top diplomat eavesdropped on the conversation, he heard his dinner companion say, “Marco Rubio would love to meet you. He’s sitting right there.”
According to Rubio, Jagger “couldn’t have been nicer” during his presentation and called the situation proof that Gor is prepared to be a “good ambassador.”
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While it seemed like the rock star was as cordial as possible with American statesmen, Jagger has made his views on the president more than clear.
After the president used the Stones song “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” during a campaign rally in 2016, the band tweeted: “The Rolling Stones do not endorse Donald Trump.”
Jagger also criticized the president’s climate policies in 2019 and mocked his efforts to overturn the 2020 election during a concert in Atlanta, Georgia, last summer.