Trump appears to fall asleep with his mouth open minutes into Michael Cohen’s testy cross-examination

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-asleep-court-trial-cohen-b2545079.html

36 comments

  1. Maybe it makes me petty, but I love that he is forced to sit quietly in court four days a week. That must be excruciating for him.

  3. Such a shame there are no cameras. Imagine the memes man!

  4. >Mr Blanche also asked Cohen whether he remembered calling Mr Trump a “dictator douchebag”.

    >“Sounds like something I would say,” he said again.

    Say what you like about Cowen, dude is funny as fuck.

  5. Trump has the emotional maturity of a 1st grader. I think closing his eyes is his childish way of trying to deny what’s going on around him while also showing his defiance. Sorta like a kid who gets put in time out closes his eyes and holds his breath. Eventually falling asleep and farting himself awake is down to his age and poor sleep habits, though.

  6. This is what happens when Donny’s attorneys make him stop snorting Adderall so the constant sniffing doesn’t irritate the jury

  7. If his mouth was open, how will the flies choose between that drumpf dumpster (a drumpfster if you will) and his disper?

  8. No fair…NO FAIR!

    Does not count, unless he’s snoring.

    LMAO, can you imagine the scene: The judge reprimanding Trump loudly for snoring in court, and it gets entered into the court proceedings?

  9. If Trump decides to take the stand and testify, I hope the prosecutor opens by asking him, “So Mr. Trump, have you been sleeping well during this trial?”

  10. “You put them all in jail overnight. The next morning, whoever’s sleeping is your man. You see, if you’re guilty, you know you’re caught, you get some rest, you let your guard down.” – The Usual Suspects

  11. He was just resting his beautiful orange jaw while listening intently. He didn’t snap awake, he just suddenly remembered that he’d forgotten to pay hush money to one of his dominatrixes.

  13. Reminds me of the Andy Woodhull sketch on “Dry Bar” where he’s driving home and trying to stay awake… he tells his wife to wake up and she responds with, “I’m just resting my eyes.” When he then asks why her mouth is open she responds with, “I’m just airing my throat.”

  14. Larry O’Donnell estimated Trump had his eyes closed for 90 per cent of his time in the courtroom today. His lawyers gave up on trying to keep him awake with the crayons and colouring-in tasks from his Happy Meal.

  20. You’d think this would be the most interesting part for him….

  22. This is looking more and more like a rapid decline in cognition. Each time I see a video of him talking outside the court it’s more and more word salad. I’m not sure he’s going to last until the election (full blown dementia or death) let alone a full term in the big chair.

    Just my opinion as a curious outsider.

  24. I can’t wait till his lawyers treat him like a toddler at church and start giving him a Ziploc bag of dry Cheerios to munch on.

  25. They’ve got him so drugged up so he doesn’t start blurting out nonsense during the trial.

  27. Never knew being too cold would cause you to fall asleep.

  28. I enjoy courtroom portraits so much. The one of Cohen testifying with snoozing Donald in the corner should go in history books.

  29. This is the first time he has been under direct observation outside his control for hours at a time. This is why people at the White House had to get his attention and spice up presentations. Because he’d fall asleep.

  31. You can tell these reports are getting to him because his surrogates are now making it a point to mention things like “He was extremely alert and asking questions to his attorney”

  32. You know, maybe Trump is too old to be president. I don’t remember hearing about Biden falling asleep during any important events. 

    Maybe it’s less about the age and more about the performance 🤔

  36. It should be broadcast live on TV to show her is not serious and not waken

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