Rubio’s Vatican Gift Backfires, Becomes a Meme Moment
TL;DR
Rubio traveled to the Vatican to bolster ties with Pope Leo XIV, but his gift— a crystal football meant to complement the pope’s olive-wood pen peace offering—went viral for all the wrong reasons, with critics and memes casting it as a last-minute airport purchase and overshadowing the diplomatic moment.
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- Marco Rubio’s Gift To Pope Leo Is Instantly Mocked As A Last-Minute Airport Buy HuffPost
- Opinion | We can trust that Marco Rubio heard this message from Pope Leo loud and clear MS NOW
- Trump Spills the Deranged Message He Told Rubio to Give the Pope The Daily Beast
- Rubio Humiliated as Cheap Gift to Pope Immediately Backfires Yahoo
- Late Night Recaps Rubio’s Peacemaking Visit to Pope Leo The New York Times
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