While the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial 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 the 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 – and at one point may have even fallen asleep.“Trump appears to be sleeping. His head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack,” New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman reported.The observation quickly inspired a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president: “Sleepy Don.”Soon, the moniker spread like wildfire on social media.“My theory: Trump’s legal team sedated him,” Mother Jones DC bureau chief David Corn wrote.“Looks, he’s old. The judge is keeping Sleepy Don from his nap time,” Meidas Touch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski posted.The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Super PAC, wrote that Mr Trump had worn himself out with his post-trial Truth Social rants.“#SleepyDon was up late rage-posting on Truth Social,” the account posted.The former president’s apparent courtroom nap eventually began trending, with users flocking to the hashtag #DonSnorleone, a reference to the mafia kingpin Don Corleone from the Godfather series. Others chose another pun for Mr Trump: The Nodfather.Several other social media users joined in the joke.“I prefer Presidents who don’t fall asleep before the lunch break in their hush money paid to a porn star election interference trial,” one user mocked.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-hush-money-sleepy-don-b2529108.html
“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?” another wrote.“‘Sleepy Joe’ is [a] projection, like everything else,” the account Republican Voters Against Trump posted.Others made jokes about Trump ally Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, with one person tweeting: “Where is the My Pillow guy when you need him?”“A special consultant just showed up at the Trump trial,” another posted, along with a picture of Mr Lindell.The nickname comes after Mr Trump has proudly branded his 2024 rival, 81-year-old Joe Biden, “Sleepy Joe” ahead of the 2024 election. Now, the former president has a weary lethargic label of his own.Mr Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records over so-called hush money payments made before the 2016 election to pay off adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange for silence over an alleged affair.She claims the affair happened in 2006 — just one year after Mr Trump married his now-wife Melania.Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to the charges.Speaking on CNN, Ms Haberman also remarked that dozing off in the middle of a trial is not necessarily out of character for Mr Trump.“There have been other moments in other trials, like the E Jean Carroll trial…where he appeared very still and appeared as if he might be sleeping,” she said.“His jaw kept falling on his chest and his mouth kept going slack,” she continued.While people do sometimes fall asleep during court proceedings, “it’s notable given the intensity” of the trial, she said.The Biden-Harris campaign retweeted the clip of Haberman talking on CNN.
Fuck Zion Don.Posting twitter replies and passing it off as a news article should be a capital offense.
>>1287487lol. you mad lil guy? you need your safespace to cry?
Lame.Sleepy joe already taken and tRump is bored, so he's so cool and carefree that he dozes off.Just like Luke, ''they'' can't kill tRump.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPlHAFV-dfoCool hand tRump ''natural born world shaker'
>>1287522Trump is an idea.You can't kill an idea.
>>1287487wow, don't be such a snowflake.
>>1287483>“My theory: Trump’s legal team sedated him,” Mother Jones DC bureau chief David Corn wrote.Libshit theory crafting never gets old.
Pls to be enjoying bball with JEB!>verification not required
>>1287526Technically he's a cult of personality that is able to get conservatives to act on their desires to impose an authoritarian state. If he were to be prosecuted and put in prison for all his crimes, the entire MAGA movement would fall apart.
>>1287639No he would become a martyr and the next election a Maga Republican would win and the potus would pardon tRump.(who would be drooling by then)
>>1287554I miss JEB! and his guacamole so fucking much
>>1287733There is no one who could take the mantle, the movement would fall apart due to infighting
>>1287487>Posting twitter replies and passing it off as a news article should be a capital offense.I'm willing to bet 80% of articles on Fox News's website are just right-wing twitter reply compilations."Biden did (thing that makes conservatives mad)! Look at what Don Jr, MTG, Matt Gaetz, Ted Cruz, Libs of TikTok, Charlie Kirk, Ben Shapiro, and Candace Owens had to say about it on Twitter!"
>>1287969I'M OUTRAGED!!1 THEY OUGHT TO APOLOGIZE!11
>>1287969So what's different about the Democrat side to you?The fact that the same comments are filtered through billionaire's and their corporate owned news sources?That's a weird complaint you have.
>>1288018It's weird that you associate the corporate billionaires with democrats since most of them are republicans.
>>1288021But they aren't Republicans though.Do you think it's still the year 2000?
>>1288035It's 2024 and they're still republicans.
>>1288047>They do everything a Democrat would doHow does this work? Is it like trannyism?>Well, I wear a dress and force people to call me "she" so I must be a woman!!"That's not how reality works.
>>1288047Advocating for everything Democrats do, donating to Democratic candidates are things Republicans do.You are so smart.
>>1288050>>1288051https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/biggest-donorsTop 5 donors are red
>>1288055Delete this
>>1288055Top PACs?https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/top-pacsInterdasting.
>>1288062No. Leave it. But look at 2020 instead:https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview?cycle=2020I think some people realized they fucked up a bit.
>>1288069PACs don't have to report dark money
>>1287763>There is no one who could take the mantle, the movement would fall apart due to infighting No, the rot has set in, and will continue.The Maga is a symptom of the rot, not the cause
