New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- US President Donald Trump was interrupted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable at the White House on antifa. Rubio caught his attention from the back of the Blue Room.

He handed Trump a note. An AP photographer zoomed in on the note.

It read, "You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce the deal first."

Then, Donald Trump told attendees that Rubio had informed him about a near-final Middle East deal.

"I was just given a note by the Secretary of State saying that we're very close to a deal on the Middle East, and they're gonna need me pretty quickly. So, we'll take a couple of more questions," AP quoted the US president as saying.

The urgency came amid intense peace talks in E...