{"id":43732,"date":"2026-08-14T06:22:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43732"},"modified":"2026-08-14T06:22:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T01:22:38","slug":"marco-rubio-gets-68-panel-meme-collage-as-white-house-birthday-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=43732","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio gets 68-panel meme collage as White House birthday gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Marco Rubio has a lot of jobs. Now, he has 68 more.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238193\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The White House<\/a> gave the secretary of state a gold-framed collage for his 55th birthday featuring dozens of versions of the viral &#8220;Rubio realizing&#8221; meme that has transformed President Donald Trump\u2019s top diplomat into everything from an Iranian ayatollah to an astronaut.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">At the center of the 68-panel mosaic is the original, unaltered photograph of Rubio slumped on a couch in the Oval Office earlier this year, signed by Trump in gold ink with a presidential endorsement: &#8220;You are great.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238194\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/what-rubios-rise-internets-fixer-tells-us-about-todays-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WHAT RUBIO\u2019S RISE AS THE INTERNET\u2019S &#8216;FIXER&#8217; TELLS US ABOUT TODAY\u2019S POLITICS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/trump-zelensky-mineral-resources-agreement-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C., to sign a preliminary agreement on sharing Ukraine&#8217;s mineral resources.<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Around it is a resume that rivals Barbie&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">There\u2019s Rubio as Robocop, Rubio as an astronaut, Rubio as the White House Easter Bunny, Cardinal Rubio preparing for a papal conclave, Rubio bundled up as the leader of Greenland and one where Rubio holds up a sign that says, &#8220;Please stop making memes about me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238195\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The White House<\/a> presented Rubio with the collage in May, but the gift only came to wider attention this week after Axios reporter Marc Caputo shared a photo of it on X.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">While nearly 70 imaginary gigs may sound excessive, the joke lands particularly well for a <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238196\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/executive\/cabinet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cabinet official<\/a> who has already accumulated an unusually high number of real roles.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238197\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vance-cruz-head-iowa-2026-missions-2028-gop-race-succeed-trump-heats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>VANCE, CRUZ, HEAD TO IOWA ON 2026 MISSIONS AS 2028 GOP RACE TO SUCCEED TRUMP HEATS UP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/vance-trump-zelensky-rubio-oval-office.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with President Trump, Ukrainian President Zelensky and Secretary of State Rubio in the Oval Office.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Vice President JD Vance speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Oval Office at the White House on Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington, D.C.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rubio serves as secretary of state and <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238198\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/opinion\/what-rubios-rise-internets-fixer-tells-us-about-todays-politics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">acting national security advisor<\/a> and previously pulled double duty as acting archivist and acting administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The internet also appears to have decided Rubio could handle a few more.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The meme began with a decidedly more serious moment on Feb. 28, 2025, when Trump, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238199\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/vance-cruz-head-iowa-2026-missions-2028-gop-race-succeed-trump-heats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, Rubio and other administration officials met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">A photograph from the contentious meeting captured Rubio sitting low on a couch, his hands interlocked and an expression on his face that the internet quickly interpreted as a man coming to an uncomfortable realization.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238200\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/how-marco-rubio-riding-laughter-memes-social-media-dominance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>HOW MARCO RUBIO IS RIDING LAUGHTER AND MEMES TO SOCIAL MEDIA DOMINANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Then came the heavily-Photoshopped memes. As major jobs opened, in reality or otherwise, Rubio kept getting hired.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">When Venezuela&#8217;s <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238201\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/nicolas-maduro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a> was captured, meme Rubio appeared dressed to take over the country. When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced he would not seek re-election, Rubio turned up in blaze orange hunting gear, shotgun included.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rubio has acknowledged he wasn&#8217;t initially thrilled with the photograph that launched it all.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The meme thing, you know, was interesting, &#8217;cause when it first came out, I hated that picture,&#8221; Rubio recently told Lara Trump on Fox News&#8217; &#8220;My View.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238202\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/marco-rubio-spotted-nike-tracksuit-aboard-air-force-one-trip-china-igniting-memes-online\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>MARCO RUBIO SPOTTED IN NIKE TRACKSUIT ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE DURING TRIP TO CHINA, IGNITING MEMES ONLINE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/trump-zelensky-oval-office-meeting.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"President Trump and President Zelensky meet in the Oval Office with Vice President Vance and Secretary Rubio.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28, 2025, to sign a preliminary agreement on sharing Ukraine&#8217;s mineral resources.<\/span> <span>(Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Rubio explained that the Oval Office couch was partly to blame.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;If you don&#8217;t have a pillow behind your back, you kinda sink,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">But the secretary of state eventually surrendered to the court of public opinion.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;And then it turned into this other thing, and it was fine. And it&#8217;s funny,&#8221; Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He also revealed that Scavino had turned the online frenzy into something framed forever.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;Dan Scavino made a nice board for me,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;And even since he made that board, we had to update it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Which raises an obvious problem. Rubio may already need a bigger frame.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_politics_article_main-content_article-body_6_5238204\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-touts-trumps-bold-vision-towering-independence-arch-america-250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The White House<\/a> and the State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital&#8217;s requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Jasmine Baehr is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, legal debates surrounding life and family policy, as well as faith and culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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