A handwritten note and a whisper were the two moments that marked this October 9 at the White House, starring President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
It all started during a press conference in which Donald Trump was talking about the Antifa movement, when Marco Rubio suddenly appeared.
—Here is Marco Rubio. Come here, please. Is there anything we should know about the Middle East? — said Donald Trump to the Secretary of State, who, in an attempt not to speak in public about what he knew, limited himself to saying:
– Of We hope to talk to you about that, Mr. President.“Once they leave,” Rubio declared. before the eyes of journalists.
Currently, the situation between Israel and Hamas has generated expectations due to to the conversations that both are holding in Egypt.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first” pic.twitter.com/ISEJ2RsUOq
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After his statements, Rubio sat in the place of the White House Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, and, as a sign of approval for President Trump, gave a thumbs up.
That was when the peculiar moment began: Rubio He took a pen and a notepad and began to write. for about a minuteunder the gaze of White House Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first” pic.twitter.com/ISEJ2RsUOq
— Evan Vucci (@evanvucci) October 8, 2025
After completing the writing, Rubio showed the note to Miller and White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. After a brief conversation between the three, the secretary reached out and handed the paper to Trump.
At that moment, the cameras focused on the American president, who he read the note for almost ten seconds and, as a sign of approval, he nodded his head.
Rubio then approached Trump and whispered something in his ear, to the shouts of journalists who were trying to know what the Secretary of State said.
@cbsnews President Trump was holding a roundtable event at the White House on Wednesday when Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed him a note with news that a deal to end the war in Gaza was close. News photographers in the room zoomed in on the handwriting, which read, “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.” Israel and Hamas signed a deal in Egypt on Thursday for what President Trump heralded as the “first phase” of a plan to end the war in Gaza and bring home dozens of remaining Israeli hostages from the Palestinian territory. #trump #loop #isreal #middleeast #egypt ♬ original sound – cbsnews
—I just received a note from the Secretary of State saying that we are very close to an agreement in the Middle East and that they’re going to need me soon, so we’ll take a couple more questions,” the president said.
Reporters could not immediately see the contents of the paper, but it was later revealed that it read:
“The agreement is very close. We need you to approve an ad on Truth Social quickly so you can be the first to advertise it”.
Two hours later, the president actually published a message on his social network, in which he only wrote: “Blessed are the mediators!”
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