His ā€˜Sleepy Joeā€™ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ā€˜Sleepy Donā€™

His ā€˜Sleepy Joeā€™ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ā€˜Sleepy Donā€™

While the rest of the world canā€™t peel their eyes away asĀ Donald Trumpā€™sĀ historic criminal trialĀ 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 theĀ 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 ā€“ and at one point may have even fallen asleep.

ā€œTrump appears to be sleeping. His head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack,ā€Ā *New York TimesĀ *reporterĀ Maggie HabermanĀ reported.

The observation quickly inspired a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president: ā€œSleepy Don.ā€

  • r4venw@kbin.social
    612Ā·
    2 years ago

    Mr. Biden said in February about the report that he was ā€œespecially pleased to see the senior special counsel make clear thereā€™s stark differences between this case and Donald Trump.ā€ But Mr. Biden later said that ā€œthereā€™s even a reference that I donā€™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 wasnā€™t any of their damn business.ā€

    The transcript of Mr. Bidenā€™s interview shows the president was unable to identify the precise year, but that he correctly named the month and date. ā€œWhat month did Beau die? Oh God ā€” May 30th,ā€ Mr. Biden said in the exchange.

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

    • idiomaddict@feddit.de
      161Ā·
      2 years 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 itā€™s not. Iā€™m 32. Am I too senile to run for president before I even qualify?

    • aibler@lemmy.worlddeleted by creator
      212Ā·
      2 years ago

      I donā€™t think anybody thinks Biden isnā€™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.