Trump Mercilessly Mocked After Reportedly Dozing Off During Trial
Donald Trump, who for years has attacked President Joe Biden as “Sleepy Joe,” on Monday may have dozed off in public himself, according to some reporters at his criminal trial in New York. “Mr. Trump appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest,” wrote Maggie Haberman of the New York Times, adding that Trump’s attorney passed him several notes before the former president “appeared to jolt awake and notice them.” Trump glared at Haberman as he left court, and his campaign denied that he dozed. But Trump’s critics weren’t buying it, causing hashtags such as #SleepyDon to trend on X. The Biden campaign’s rapid response team used it to treat Trump to a lullaby: “The wheels of justice grind slowly,” MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow noted on Monday evening. “I did not think they would grind so slowly that they would rock the defendant apparently to sleep.” Maddow: The wheels of justice grind slowly. I did not think they would grind so slowly that they would rock …
