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riversedge

(74,476 posts)
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 07:16 PM 14 hrs ago

Marco Rubio humiliated by tiny red carpet rolled out as he lands in Canada for G7

Source: Irish Star




U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Quebec, Canada, for two days of talks with the top diplomats of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan - all of whom have been angered by the new American president's policies

By Yelena Mandenberg 10:19 ET, MAR 13 2025



U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to face a potentially hostile reception from his counterparts at the G7 Foreign Ministers meeting this week, and that may be evident by the tiny red carpet rolled out in his honor.

Rubio arrived at the G7 Summit in the picturesque Quebec town of La Malbaie on the St. Lawrence River, and the Canadians - now in a trade war with the U.S. thanks to Trump - rolled out a red carpet they thought would be perfect for one of Trump's team members.
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The tiny carpet can be seen in photos greeting him as he descends the stairs of the airplane.

A tweet featuring the photo surfaced, with a user captioning it: "I can't sleep either. I'm trying to find things to laugh at like this tiny red carpet they put out for Rubio when he arrived for the G7."....................

Read more: https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/marco-rubio-humiliated-tiny-red-34853953








U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio disembarks from a military airplane upon arrival at Quebec City Jean Lesage and is greeted by a red carpet - for a few feet anyway (Image: AP)
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Marco Rubio humiliated by tiny red carpet rolled out as he lands in Canada for G7 (Original Post) riversedge 14 hrs ago OP
Well played, someone muriel_volestrangler 14 hrs ago #1
Rug? I'd say it's a door mat, properly representative of his role in the administration. (n/t) thesquanderer 11 hrs ago #24
Get a load of the pic ... red carpet in a puddle of water!! bucolic_frolic 14 hrs ago #2
+1 dalton99a 13 hrs ago #6
NICE!!!! Would have been better though with no carpet and a huge puddle of water. groundloop 13 hrs ago #9
My thoughts exactly. And no one there to greet him. paleotn 13 hrs ago #13
A puddle covering up a huge pothole. sop 1 hr ago #31
A tiny red bath mat. Like you would find in any respectable shitter. Like the shitter that is the drumph admin Comfortably_Numb 12 hrs ago #18
So funny IbogaProject 1 hr ago #32
Little Marco now has a little carpet bronxiteforever 13 hrs ago #3
He didn't even say thank-you. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #4
Very appropriate tonekat 13 hrs ago #5
He should know better. Squaredeal 13 hrs ago #7
ROFL !!!! Old Testament Libera 13 hrs ago #8
I would love to laugh at this mountain grammy 13 hrs ago #10
On one big visit, the country had their own large flags and two small American flags. Norrrm 13 hrs ago #11
Because of the sick king, no one trusts us or likes us. vapor2 13 hrs ago #12
Way too go Canada. Biophilic 12 hrs ago #14
he is subservient to President Musk and the lapdog Trump Skittles 12 hrs ago #15
It should have been a brown carpet hadEnuf 12 hrs ago #16
I would have liked this better if there was a deep pit love_katz 12 hrs ago #17
I can not understand why you Codifer 12 hrs ago #19
It's a restaurant entrance mat. Geechie 12 hrs ago #20
It would have been an even bigger insult if it were from Uline Tansy_Gold 7 hrs ago #29
How nice. Mark Ruby markodochartaigh 11 hrs ago #21
Still too wide DFW 11 hrs ago #22
Why bother giving him a red carpet? They could have made it brown and sticky FakeNoose 11 hrs ago #23
Pity the carpet BidenRocks 11 hrs ago #25
Rich! Now do it for all US diplomatic and political leaders. marble falls 10 hrs ago #26
And it ends in a puddle Figarosmom 9 hrs ago #27
Ha! They rolled out the red bath mat for a drip. LudwigPastorius 9 hrs ago #28
Looks to me like one of those industrial rubber-backed carpets with 1/16" pile that are put at the entrance of a store royable 5 hrs ago #30

thesquanderer

(12,525 posts)
24. Rug? I'd say it's a door mat, properly representative of his role in the administration. (n/t)
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 10:13 PM
11 hrs ago

paleotn

(20,064 posts)
13. My thoughts exactly. And no one there to greet him.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:18 PM
13 hrs ago

Maybe just a driver holding a white card that says.....water boy.

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Comfortably_Numb

(4,175 posts)
18. A tiny red bath mat. Like you would find in any respectable shitter. Like the shitter that is the drumph admin
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:38 PM
12 hrs ago

istration.. but by all means “Leader” Schumer, let’s roll over for the turds who are running things into the ground.

8. ROFL !!!!
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 07:53 PM
13 hrs ago

That picture is the funniest thing I have seen in ages. Very small red carpet in a puddle.

It is so appropriate!

Norrrm

(725 posts)
11. On one big visit, the country had their own large flags and two small American flags.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 07:59 PM
13 hrs ago

Pence? Turkey?

vapor2

(1,881 posts)
12. Because of the sick king, no one trusts us or likes us.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:08 PM
13 hrs ago

HOPE republicans are enjoying the fucking chaos

Biophilic

(5,356 posts)
14. Way too go Canada.
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:23 PM
12 hrs ago

That subtle Canadian humor strikes again. They really are geniuses at that.

Skittles

(162,433 posts)
15. he is subservient to President Musk and the lapdog Trump
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:25 PM
12 hrs ago

how much more humiliated could he be?

love_katz

(2,947 posts)
17. I would have liked this better if there was a deep pit
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 08:35 PM
12 hrs ago

hidden by the carpet, a la Wiley Coyote. With a pool full of hungry alligators at the bottom.
Mwhahahaha.

Tansy_Gold

(18,108 posts)
29. It would have been an even bigger insult if it were from Uline
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 01:41 AM
7 hrs ago

From Wikipedia:

Richard Ellis Uihlein (/ˈjuːlaɪn/ YOO-lyne;[1] born 1945) and Elizabeth Uihlein are American billionaire businesspeople, founders of Uline and right-wing donors.[2] Richard Uihlein is also an heir to the Schlitz brewing fortune.[3]


Personally, however, I think it should have been a big red necktie.

markodochartaigh

(2,441 posts)
21. How nice. Mark Ruby
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:32 PM
11 hrs ago

likely was also negotiating for Canadian residency just in case Trump tires of him.

DFW

(57,426 posts)
22. Still too wide
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:53 PM
11 hrs ago

I would just have given the crew a ball of red yarn, held one end, and let the ball roll down all the way to tarmac, leaving one string of red yarn for Rubio to walk on. "Sorry, Mr. Secretary, it's all we had on such short notice."

FakeNoose

(36,841 posts)
23. Why bother giving him a red carpet? They could have made it brown and sticky
Thu Mar 13, 2025, 09:54 PM
11 hrs ago

... and it would have been totally appropriate.

royable

(1,413 posts)
30. Looks to me like one of those industrial rubber-backed carpets with 1/16" pile that are put at the entrance of a store
Fri Mar 14, 2025, 04:05 AM
5 hrs ago

like Hobby Lobby or Toys R Us to wipe your snowy, muddy feed on when you come into the store from a slushy parking lot in the winter.

That said, it was too good for him.

How about a 2 by 3 foot carpet sample?

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