President Trump traveled to the Vatican for the funeral of Pope Francis. Much attention has been paid to the president’s appearance at the funeral, including his choice of a blue suit, his interactions throughout the day on Saturday with other world leaders, and comments during the funeral itself that appeared critical of Trump and his policies.
There’s speculation now that the president may have fallen asleep during the pope’s funeral.
Numerous social media users watching the funeral noticed that the president appeared to shut his eyes and doze off during the funeral ceremony. Many pointed out that while Trump regularly denounced Joe Biden as “sleepy Joe,” the former president was himself in attendance at the funeral and appeared to remain awake throughout.
Trump also appeared to fall asleep in court during his New York hush money trial in 2024, although his campaign denied such reports at the time.
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There was much commentary about Trump appearing to nod off:
No one will sleep at Trump’s funeral, I can promise you that. They’ll be too much happiness and revelry going around, with lots of beer consumed for the joyous pissing on his grave. pic.twitter.com/BtvrlJBray
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) April 27, 2025
No one will sleep at Trump’s funeral, I can promise you that. They’ll be too much happiness and revelry going around, with lots of beer consumed for the joyous pissing on his grave. pic.twitter.com/BtvrlJBray
— Frank Conniff (@FrankConniff) April 27, 2025
Looks like he was looking forward to sleep.
SLEEPY D. TRUMP pic.twitter.com/DkzzL3SWMu— Michael Miller (@MsmSurfer) April 26, 2025
The White House has not commented on whether the president was asleep during the pope’s funeral.
Trump, on Truth Social, shared a video from Fox News of himself and the first lady paying their respects at the pope’s casket during the funeral, as well as footage of his meetings with President Zelensky of Ukraine. Somewhat uncharacteristically for Trump, these images were shared without commentary:
“Just landed in Rome,” Trump said in a separate Truth Social post, prior to the funeral. “A good day in talks and meetings with Russia and Ukraine. They are very close to a deal, and the two sides should now meet, at very high levels, to “finish it off.” Most of the major points are agreed to. Stop the bloodshed, NOW. We will be wherever is necessary to help facilitate the END to this cruel and senseless war!”
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