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Watch Video: A Bizarre Moment In The Oval Office As Trump Appears To Fall Asleep During His Scheduled 3 PM Announcement

The president appeared to completely fall asleep during a White House appearance Thursday.

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Donald Trump has been frequently spotted falling asleep during public meetings over the last year, in most cases for a few seconds at a time. Earlier this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio was asked, during testimony before Congress, whether he had ever seen the president asleep in his presence.

But on Thursday, Trump made an appearance, looking absolutely fast asleep. The occasion was an event at the White House, where Trump announced new support for the coal industry.

During the event, Trump was seated while most of the other men in the room, including Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin, were standing.

“Trump said the administration will use authority under a Cold War-era national defense law to support 13 coal plants across the country and help build coal plants in Alaska and West Virginia — the first new U.S. coal plants since 2013. The money will also help restart a shuttered coal-fired power plant in Maryland and support construction of a long-delayed coal export terminal in Oakland, California,” the Associated Press reported about the meeting.

And Trump appeared to be asleep. He even looked like he had his eyes closed in the photo that accompanied the AP story.

Social media users had some comments about what looked like the president’s latest public nap:

Photo courtesy of an X screenshot. 

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Stephen Silver

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Stephen Silver is an award-winning journalist, essayist and film critic, and contributor to the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Broad Street Review and Splice Today. The co-founder of the Philadelphia Film Critics Circle, Stephen lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two sons. Stephen has authored thousands of articles that focus on politics, technology, and the economy.

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