It’s widely recognized that President Trump often operates on minimal sleep, a fact acutely felt by those around him, especially during extended journeys aboard Air Force One.

Trump’s energy levels have been known to outpace those of his Cabinet, leaving figures like Secretary of State Marco Rubio scrambling for a moment of rest—sometimes literally taking cover.

According to a recent report, Rubio frequently finds himself seeking refuge under a blanket during flights with the president.

In an interview with New York Magazine, Rubio shared, “There’s an office with two couches, and I usually want to sleep on one of those couches. But I wrap myself in a blanket, covering my head. I end up looking like a mummy.”

As he recounted his in-flight ritual, Rubio mimed the act of pulling a blanket over himself to illustrate his point.

“I do this because I know that at some point during the flight, the president will come out of the cabin and start walking the aisles to see who’s awake. I want him to think it’s just a staff member who fell asleep. I don’t want him to see his Secretary of State napping on a couch and conclude, ‘Oh, this guy is weak,'” Rubio elaborated.

Despite the president and those around him saying he doesn’t take naps, Trump has been caught with his eyes closed on camera, even during public meetings with the Cabinet and inside the Oval Office.

Rubio charitably claims that’s a ‘listening mechanism.’

It’s a well–known fact that President Trump doesn’t get much sleep – a reality that those closest to him experience first-hand, especially during long treks on Air Force One

Trump’s stamina has put some of his Cabinet members to shame, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio seeking cover – literally

Rubio is officially the ultimate multitasker of the MAGA era

In the New York Magazine interview, Trump gave a different reason why his eyes have been shut during Cabinet meetings.

‘It’s boring as hell… I’m going around a room, and I’ve got 28 guys — the last one was three and a half hours. I have to sit back and listen, and I move my hand so that people will know I’m listening. I’m hearing every word, and I can’t wait to get out,’ Trump candidly explained.

Rubio is officially the ultimate multitasker of the MAGA era.

He likely has more jobs than any other cabinet member –– serving as the acting national security adviser and acting archivist of the US in addition to running the State Department.

But despite his unprecedented triple–threat role, Rubio is finding time to shut down critics of Trump’s mental fitness

In one candid moment, Rubio recalled how Trump took one look at his footwear and didn’t hold back, telling him his shoes looked ‘shitty.’

At a subsequent meeting, he says Trump proved his memory was sharp as ever when he presented Rubio with a surprise gift: a signed box containing a brand–new pair of size 12 shoes.

In another story told by Rubio, during a State Department visit, Trump noticed something that had escaped everyone else: the chandeliers were missing their ‘medallions’—the decorative ornamental discs that anchor them to the ceiling.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio watches as President Donald Trump monitors U.S. military operations in Venezuela

Despite the president and those around him saying he doesn’t take naps, Trump has been caught with his eyes closed on camera, even during public meetings with the Cabinet and inside the Oval Office

Just days later, Rubio found himself summoned to the Oval Office, where the President had laid out dozens of medallion samples. 

‘I don’t even know how many I need,’ Rubio recalled telling Trump. ‘He said, ‘I think you need 12,’ and sure enough …’

‘I try to match it as much as I can. It’s just not natural to me,’ Rubio confessed.

The New York Magazine interview was focused primarily on Trump’s health, in which he dismissed fears of Alzheimer’s while forgetting the name of the disease.

Like President Joe Biden before him, who, when elected, was the country’s oldest president, there are nagging questions about Trump’s health, who, when reelected, is on track to become the country’s oldest president.

Trump appeared irritated that the topic kept coming up.

‘I hate to waste a lot of time on this, but if you’re going to write a bad story about my health, I’m going to sue the a** off of New York Magazine,’ he told Terris. ‘There will be a time when you can write that story, maybe in two years, three years, five years –five years, no one is going to care, I guess.’