His ‘Sleepy Joe’ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ‘Sleepy Don’

His ‘Sleepy Joe’ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ‘Sleepy Don’

While the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial gets under way in New York, the former president himself appears to be far less enthralled by the proceedings.

Jury selection got under way on Monday in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former president, as he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

But, according to some courtroom reporters, Mr Trump appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open – and at one point may have even fallen asleep.

“Trump appears to be sleeping. His head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack,” *New York Times *reporter Maggie Haberman reported.

The observation quickly inspired a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president: “Sleepy Don.”

  • r4venw@kbin.social
    612·
    7 months ago

    Mr. Biden said in February about the report that he was “especially pleased to see the senior special counsel make clear there’s stark differences between this case and Donald Trump.” But Mr. Biden later said that “there’s even a reference that I don’t remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that? Frankly, when I was asked the question, I thought to myself it wasn’t any of their damn business.”

    The transcript of Mr. Biden’s interview shows the president was unable to identify the precise year, but that he correctly named the month and date. “What month did Beau die? Oh God — May 30th,” Mr. Biden said in the exchange.

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/special-counsel-robert-hur-testify-house-biden-documents-report/

    • idiomaddict@feddit.de
      161·
      7 months ago

      I always forget whether my mother died in 2003 or 2004. It was right before her birthday, so she died at an age that feels like it should be 2003, but it’s not. I’m 32. Am I too senile to run for president before I even qualify?

    • aibler@lemmy.world
      212·
      7 months ago

      I don’t think anybody thinks Biden isn’t completely deteriorated, nobody ever has anything specific positive to say about him. There are just a bunch of people that hate Trump enough that they think it is their duty to pretend like a slime mold is a vague political Einstein.