
Donald Trump appeared to nod off during a live Fox News broadcast from Las Vegas, with cameras catching the US president sitting motionless, eyes shut, as his own Treasury Secretary, Scott Bessent, spoke at a Tax Day campaign roundtable aimed at selling his economic plans.
The Las Vegas event on Friday, 17 April, was staged as a showcase for Trump's promise to make tips tax‑free, a policy he has repeatedly pitched to service‑industry workers as central to his bid to return to the White House and help Republicans in this year's midterm elections.