Politics is the bloodiest of sports. If you don’t like it, don’t watch.
What Trump is doing is a time-honored political tactic, defining your enemy in unflattering terms. The Dems did it to Ford (clumsiness) with that stair stumble, Repubs did it to Dukakis (soft on crime) with Willie Horton and the Kitty question, etc. All deadly labels that killed campaigns.
So Trump’s team is similarly trying to tag Rubio as a guy with a sweat problem. Got everyone talking, didn’t they?
The water thing is a moniker that Rubio loves to use a a cute ploy. It came about because Rubio stopped in virtually mid sentence in a live setting to take a drink of water. The media dogs just railed about it.
So now Rubio always has his own water bottle to show everyone at every public appearance. His sweating has nothing to do with the water. It is just another personal trait that can be attacked because the Israelis use it as a profiling trait when using their EL AL security screening.
As for Trump using it as a dig and a little fun, it sure beats lying about someone or issues. Marco lied to me personally to my face about his immigration stance as well as to every other Florida voter. He did it without notes and in retrospect he had it so rehearsed that he was believable.
Marco Rubio lied to us from his heart. Inexcusable, unforgivable and now an indicator that the tried and true security profile trait used by Israel may just be our best indicator that he is still lying to us from his heart.
More than just getting everyone to talk, it paints Rubio as a sweater (i.e. never let 'em see you sweat).
This paints Rubio as a junior player, a rube, someone not ready for prime time...a kid.