Monday, April 15, 2024

#SleepyDon

SEVERAL reporters wrote that they observed Trump sleeping/dozing/nodding off in court, including compelling detail like head dropped on chest, mouth hanging open, ignoring notes from his lawyer for several minutes, leaning back eyes closed, jolting awake. And at two different times, one around noon, the other around 3 pm. Point is, there's as much consensus on it as we can get. It is strange, of course. Really strange. I didn't think of any causes, until I read this just a few minutes ago:

Adam Parkhomenko
@AdamParkhomenko
Trump looks like shit

9:34 AM · Apr 15, 2024
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Adam's a Dem, there's video that he attaches that he says makes his point. I've watched the video, I don't see it.

There's also, though:

Republicans against Trump
@RpsAgainstTrump
Trump looks miserable going into the NY courtroom.

9:42 AM · Apr 15, 2024
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Maybe he's sick. You remember the first inside-Trumpworld look we got of when Trump was sick with COVID was when he nodded off on his plane on the way back from somewhere. 

From the time that that video was posted it was less than two one-half hours before Maggie Haberman first posted that Trump was sleeping