President Donald Trump, 79, appeared to nod off during a live televised event at the Oval Office on 23 April, drawing renewed scrutiny over his health and alertness. The incident occurred during a drug pricing announcement with pharmaceutical company Regeneron, where Trump's eyes were observed closing fully, reopening, and then fluttering shut again as Cabinet members and company executives stood behind him.
The moment quickly went viral, but what amplified the backlash was a resurfaced clip from 2024 in which Trump had boasted about Joe Biden's tendency to fall asleep on camera. In that recording, Trump said of Biden: 'He has an ability to fall asleep while on camera... in minutes, he's stone-cold out, and he's got cameras because he's the president... You'll never see me sleeping in front of a camera.' The contrast between that pledge and Thursday's footage was not lost on social media users.
