Donald Trump at August 10, 2026 cabinet meeting
Donald Trump fell asleep during yesterday’s cabinet meeting announcing purported changes in the nation’s vaccine schedules. By “fell asleep” I mean he closed his eyes and subsequently lost consciousness, which is what most people call falling asleep. Except when Trump falls asleep it tends to be reported that the president of the United States “appeared drowsy.” He didn’t appear drowsy: he was out cold, and if he were driving a car he would smashed straight into the guardrails (dyswidt?).
Commenter Hornet makes a good point about how this relates to the general theme of how social rules and things like actual laws don’t apply to Trump:
Trump’s imperviousness to consequences may best be demonstrated in the way he falls stone-cold asleep in group settings in the Oval Office, on national television, with dozens of reporters looking on, and nobody says anything about it except radical left bloggers. [Ed. note: adding, we realize there are a thousand other examples of his perviousness to consequences.]
Remember when Trump dubbed Joe Biden “Sleepy Joe?”
The funny thing is that Trump thinks he is going to run again. The not funny thing is that Trump isn’t legally eligible to do so, but that stopped mattering a while ago (Thanks to John Roberts. What would we do without your balls and strikes?).