We probably all believed the first-ever criminal trial of a former president would be bit quite riveting. But according to The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman (one of the very few reporters allowed in the actual courtroom) and a handful of sketch artists, not so with Donnie.
As Jon Stewart succinctly framed it:
Given Trump’s now well-documented snooze, you’ve got to hope we’ll be hearing a good deal less about “Sleepy Joe” from viral-trending Sleepy Don.
If Sleepy Don is too low energy to stay awake during the first day of his criminal trial, does he even have the stamina to be President? pic.twitter.com/hrk4FC0lr0
— Christopher David (@Tazerface16) April 15, 2024
In truth, that was just the spicy tidbit the Internet was hoping for – and boy, did they run with it!
But before we get to enjoy some of the highlights, we’ll give Donnie some fair time to whine, noting that he took to Truth Social to strongly deny he was napping by including an “unaltered” photo to prove it.
But that only led to some helpful suggestions on how to better disguise his catnaps.
Almost immediately Trump earned a couple of new monikers that I’m sure would have made Mario Puzo proud:
Both George Takei and MeidasTouch noted that Trump has imitated the persona of at least three of the Snow White Dwarves: Dopey, Grumpy and now Sleepy.
No doubt a good many Americans wondered what Trump dreams about when he drifts off. Can’t help but believe this one comes pretty close …
It’s been noted that this isn’t the first time Trump has been caught “resting his eyes”.
So, like with yawning in a group, there’s some concern that Sleepy Don snoozing in court might be contagious:
And while I suspect more than a few good folks would enjoy playing Shakespeare’s Horatio to Trump’s Hamlet with “Good night … and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest” – right now we’ll just have to make do with “Keep counting those sheep, Don”.
As for me:
I prefer Presidents who DON’T fall asleep before the lunch break in their Hush-Money-Paid-To-A-Porn-Star-Election-Interference trial.
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