President Donald Trump was hosting a round-table with conservative influencers on antifa Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House’s Blue Room, caught his attention.

Rubio had news for Trump, he said, but it would have to wait until after the media departed. He then handed the president a note.

An AP photographer covering the event captured the handwriting on White House stationery: “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”

“I was just given a note by the secretary of state saying that we’re very close to a deal on the Middle East, and they’re gonna need me pretty quickly,” Trump told the audience. “So we’ll take a couple of more questions.”

The influencer event had been underway for over an hour w

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