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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Rubio grilled on traveling to China in Nike tracksuit after Maduro comparisons

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has laughed off the White House press team's comparison of his outfit for Air Force One’s flight to Beijing this week to the sweatsuit worn by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after his capture by U.S. forces.

Rubio was pictured in a grey Nike tracksuit by White House communications director Steven Cheung on Wednesday as the president and his posse traveled to China for a summit with Xi Jinping. Wearing the pristine light-grey fit, an unsmiling Rubio posed for the camera on board the plane with his hands in his pockets.

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