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Rubio Mocked for Cringe Hand Gestures at UFC as Iran Talks Collapse

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio addresses the press before briefing House and Senate leaders on US military action in Iran, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. The United States hit hundreds of targets across Iran, and Israel expanded its bombing to Lebanon on Monday as President Donald Trump vowed to avenge the first US deaths in the war he launched to topple Tehran's ruling clerics. Iranian forces fired missiles and drones across the Middle East, killing people in Israel and the United Arab Emirates, in retaliation for the conflict that began February 28 with the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared eager to be on camera at a UFC fight, but was met with online mockery.

Joining President Donald Trump, 79, at a fight in Miami on Saturday night, Rubio was briefly seen making a hand gesture that was later widely ridiculed online, as high-stakes peace talks with Iran unraveled elsewhere.

The Miami-born secretary made a gesture many recognized as the “305” sign, referencing the city’s area code.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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