Marco Rubio caught heat from his boss, Donald Trump, for failing to lavish him with enough praise over the Israel–Gaza ceasefire.
The secretary of state had joined Trump and senior aides Monday at a peace summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, hosted by Egyptian strongman Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
“This is clearly in my mind, I think in the mind of everyone in this room, it is probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years. That’s not an exaggeration,” Rubio said.
“Only 50?” Trump interjected.
Rubio quickly readjusted. “Maybe 100.”
“Certainly since the end of World War Two,” he caveated, skipping over the myriad global conflicts around the world in the 80 years since then.
Earlier that day, celebrations had erupted in Israel and Gaza to mark the latest ceasefire in two brutal