Donald Trump spent Joe Biden’s four years in the White House questioning the Democrat’s physical prowess and stamina and derisively labeling him “Sleepy Joe.” He still brings up allegations of a near-comatose 46th president, claiming Biden’s condition left official acts to his White House staff. But on Tuesday, it was the 79-year-old Trump who appeared to fall asleep a handful of times during a Cabinet meeting that spanned more than two hours.
Journalists positioned across from Trump in the White House’s ornate Cabinet Room chronicled him sitting with eyes closed, his head sometimes rocking forward or to the side as his administration’s department and agency heads spoke. Last up was Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who praised his boss, as his fellow Cabinet members had — though it was unclear how much Trump heard.
“What the president has said is we’re going to do foreign aid, but we’re going to do foreign aid for countries that are aligned with the United States and in a way that doesn’t waste the taxpayers’ money,” Rubio said as Trump sat beside him, both eyes closed before his body suddenly jolted forward and his eyes opened. “Mr. President, you deserve tremendous credit for that.”
