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sheshe2

(98,149 posts)
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:41 AM Apr 24

This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today.

ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL



***The photo was on Bsky and visible here until someone took it down over there. ***

Trump sound asleep at his desk and surrounded by his male cabinet.

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This photo should be on the front page of every single newspaper in America today. (Original Post) sheshe2 Apr 24 OP
All of the men behind him look like they're about to throw up. Must stink like hell. Walleye Apr 24 #1
Yep,. sheshe2 Apr 24 #6
The photo has apparently evaporated. See Post #18 to admire Sleeping Beauty. Buns_of_Fire Apr 24 #39
I mean, it's fine if it were a picture of visiting a former president in a really nice memory care facility. tanyev Apr 24 #2
If he makes it to a facility like that EYESORE 9001 Apr 24 #50
Those morons behind him can't even manage to ignore him as they usually do. hlthe2b Apr 24 #3
A useful photo for 26 Election ads. Sneederbunk Apr 24 #4
I'm surprised they didn't usher photographers out of the room Fiendish Thingy Apr 24 #5
Such a happy lively looking bunch Clouds Passing Apr 24 #7
If we had a functioning media instead of a bunch of stenographers, MIButterfly Apr 24 #8
The man is up till 4 AM posting crap and falling asleep during his day job. Botany Apr 24 #9
POWER NAP! no_hypocrisy Apr 24 #10
Now, what was that term that Trump liked to use? Something like 'Sleepy Joe'? Norrrm Apr 24 #11
Am just disgusted UpInArms Apr 24 #12
What photo? nt Javaman Apr 24 #13
Yeah, I don't see anything either. beaglelover Apr 24 #14
There is no photo. What are the posters seeing? Makes you wonder about posts here. Srkdqltr Apr 24 #15
It disappeared! sheshe2 Apr 24 #20
Could you link it, possibly? I am curious. Passages Apr 24 #21
I did link and now it is listed as 'Not available' sheshe2 Apr 24 #31
Oh ok, no worries. Passages Apr 24 #53
Oh I just saw what you wrote about the photo. A typical day for Trump. Passages Apr 24 #59
Thank you, Passages! sheshe2 Apr 24 #60
This photo could not represent our current situation any more succinctly. The idiot sycophants are in charge Whyisthisstillclose Apr 24 #16
What photo? littlemissmartypants Apr 24 #17
They took it down on Bsky sheshe2 Apr 24 #22
Kick dalton99a Apr 24 #18
HA HA HA HA HA@ just get in the coffin. Passages Apr 24 #19
The guy Rebl2 Apr 24 #25
Slumpy😀🙂 n/t malaise Apr 24 #68
😂😂😂😂 Rebl2 Apr 24 #70
it is on X also...... riversedge Apr 24 #35
Thanks 👍 MustLoveBeagles Apr 24 #48
Sleepy don. Justice matters. Apr 24 #54
Pathetic! Although when he's asleep he's not doing any new active harm. electric_blue68 Apr 24 #61
Okay, now I'm convinced, if it isn't AI. nt Ilsa Apr 24 #62
Welp... sheshe2 Apr 24 #66
I heard Nivole say the pic with his head tilted is AI, Ilsa Apr 24 #69
Do you mind if I put that in my OP, rivers? sheshe2 Apr 24 #65
sheshe2, the photo appeared earlier, but gone now... Can you check? hlthe2b Apr 24 #23
I did. sheshe2 Apr 24 #24
WH complained, I guess... hlthe2b Apr 24 #26
Probably. sheshe2 Apr 24 #27
Here's a video. Ocelot II Apr 24 #28
Oh how Helen Thomas and/or no_hypocrisy Apr 24 #29
A candle for Helen... hlthe2b Apr 24 #44
Except he's not asleep at the wheel TheFarseer Apr 24 #30
Video and other articles - Trump asleep at the wheel Norrrm Apr 24 #32
His eyes look like my dogs when Tree Lady Apr 24 #33
Thanks. sheshe2 Apr 24 #38
Just go into any nursing home with a suit and a hair stylist and voila' dozens of Donald Trumps hlthe2b Apr 24 #45
He should be mortified. Totally Tunsie Apr 24 #34
He's looking like... 2naSalit Apr 24 #46
Here...I'll help him. Totally Tunsie Apr 24 #49
He's even sleepier than "Sleepy Joe". (not funny, actually) TheRickles Apr 24 #36
Probably not the one, but there are plenty of them out there surfered Apr 24 #37
It was him at his desk in the Oval 'Orifice'... sheshe2 Apr 24 #40
I had a date going to a church Christmas concert. Norrrm Apr 24 #41
🤣 sheshe2 Apr 24 #42
Yeah. We broke up later but nothing to do with the falling asleep. Norrrm Apr 24 #56
The poster probably took it down because the photo where Trump's head is lolling off to the side is fake. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 24 #43
Thanks for the info. sheshe2 Apr 24 #47
Photo Metro135 Apr 24 #51
He's not sleeping, he's "listening with his eyes closed" FakeNoose Apr 24 #52
Ha! sheshe2 Apr 24 #58
Calling Jake Tapper Keepthesoulalive Apr 24 #55
If the photo disappeared off of Bluesky it may have been a fake. Martin68 Apr 24 #57
One would believe these guys Figarosmom Apr 24 #63
Nicole Wallace is covering this now... Spazito Apr 24 #64
I just saw that on MS Now as well. sheshe2 Apr 24 #67
That could mean it was taken down because it was AI generated; or it could have been taken down 'cause it's real. Fil1957 Apr 24 #71
Digby has it, I think. surfered Saturday #72

Buns_of_Fire

(19,204 posts)
39. The photo has apparently evaporated. See Post #18 to admire Sleeping Beauty.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:43 AM
Apr 24

One way or another, the Internet is forever.

tanyev

(49,492 posts)
2. I mean, it's fine if it were a picture of visiting a former president in a really nice memory care facility.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:47 AM
Apr 24

EYESORE 9001

(29,859 posts)
50. If he makes it to a facility like that
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:14 PM
Apr 24

I envision straps and other necessary restraints.

hlthe2b

(114,388 posts)
3. Those morons behind him can't even manage to ignore him as they usually do.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:48 AM
Apr 24

Dr. Oz is trying to nonchalantly determine if he's still breathing. The guy on the far right seems like he's deciding whether to step to the side to let him slide out of his chair, but with a minimum of concern. RFK JR is having an inner discussion with his brainworm.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,753 posts)
5. I'm surprised they didn't usher photographers out of the room
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:48 AM
Apr 24

Whoever took this should get a Pulitzer.

MIButterfly

(3,030 posts)
8. If we had a functioning media instead of a bunch of stenographers,
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:52 AM
Apr 24

it would be on the front page of every single newspaper in America.

Come on DJT, tell us all about Sleepy Joe again.

Botany

(77,691 posts)
9. The man is up till 4 AM posting crap and falling asleep during his day job.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:53 AM
Apr 24

He needs removed.

Norrrm

(5,386 posts)
11. Now, what was that term that Trump liked to use? Something like 'Sleepy Joe'?
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:54 AM
Apr 24

When Biden dropped out:::

Don't vote for the old guy..... Hurry up....... DonOld does not seem to emphasize age anymore.


UpInArms

(55,197 posts)
12. Am just disgusted
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:54 AM
Apr 24

with all of them

The media for not putting it on the front page and calling it for what it is

Passages

(4,386 posts)
59. Oh I just saw what you wrote about the photo. A typical day for Trump.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:13 PM
Apr 24

Thank you, sheshe!

16. This photo could not represent our current situation any more succinctly. The idiot sycophants are in charge
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 10:58 AM
Apr 24

while the idiot figurehead with the power sleeps and occasionally wakes up to shit into a fan.

sheshe2

(98,149 posts)
22. They took it down on Bsky
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:06 AM
Apr 24

It was a post from John Cooper and now it is listed as 'Photo noy found.'

dalton99a

(94,980 posts)
18. Kick
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:01 AM
Apr 24

Last edited Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:03 PM - Edit history (1)


https://newrepublic.com/post/209453/trump-falls-asleep-white-house-health-care-event

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Rebl2

(17,886 posts)
25. The guy
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:10 AM
Apr 24

on the right looks like he is speaking specifically to Trump, but trumpy is just snoozing away. Kennedy looks like he’s thinking he’s sleeping again and why the hell am I here for this ridiculous meeting.

sheshe2

(98,149 posts)
66. Welp...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:56 PM
Apr 24

I was just watching MS Now and they were showing a video that has the same picture with his head slumped to the side. So

Ilsa

(64,495 posts)
69. I heard Nivole say the pic with his head tilted is AI,
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 05:45 PM
Apr 24

but the other pics snd video are good enough. He's falling asleep on the job.

sheshe2

(98,149 posts)
65. Do you mind if I put that in my OP, rivers?
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:53 PM
Apr 24

Weird that Bsky shut it down and X left it up.

hlthe2b

(114,388 posts)
44. A candle for Helen...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:01 PM
Apr 24

(yes, I remember the controversy at the end of her career) but she was GREAT as a incredibly incisive WH reporter. We DO miss you, Helen.

TheFarseer

(9,787 posts)
30. Except he's not asleep at the wheel
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:19 AM
Apr 24

He’s delivering an expensive rant as he drives us over a cliff.

Tree Lady

(13,364 posts)
33. His eyes look like my dogs when
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:24 AM
Apr 24

He is so tired he can’t keep his eyes open and they keep falling till they stay closed.

hlthe2b

(114,388 posts)
45. Just go into any nursing home with a suit and a hair stylist and voila' dozens of Donald Trumps
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:04 PM
Apr 24

that would look and be just as cognitively aware as he is.

Totally Tunsie

(11,966 posts)
34. He should be mortified.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:30 AM
Apr 24

If he had an ounce of self-awareness, he would be.

Go take your nap, snookums.

sheshe2

(98,149 posts)
40. It was him at his desk in the Oval 'Orifice'...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:46 AM
Apr 24

Sound asleep and surrounded by his male cabinet.

TY, surfered.

Norrrm

(5,386 posts)
41. I had a date going to a church Christmas concert.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:48 AM
Apr 24

Myself, her, her son, and a friend of his.
She hustled us out the door when the three of us were snoring.
OOPS!

WhiskeyGrinder

(27,159 posts)
43. The poster probably took it down because the photo where Trump's head is lolling off to the side is fake.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 11:57 AM
Apr 24

He definitely appears to be dozing in the video. But his head didn't slump over.

FakeNoose

(42,093 posts)
52. He's not sleeping, he's "listening with his eyes closed"
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 12:32 PM
Apr 24

That's what my Dad always used to say.... "I'm listening with my eyes closed."

Figarosmom

(12,852 posts)
63. One would believe these guys
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 01:39 PM
Apr 24

Feel really foolish having a conversation with a sleeping old man. I guess it's really no different than if he were awake. HE DOESN'T GIVE A SHIT EITHER WAY.

Spazito

(55,872 posts)
64. Nicole Wallace is covering this now...
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 04:11 PM
Apr 24

she showed the video of his head tilting to the side, clearly he's falling asleep and then waking up, straightening his head and then falling asleep again. It is beyond bizarre.

Fil1957

(795 posts)
71. That could mean it was taken down because it was AI generated; or it could have been taken down 'cause it's real.
Fri Apr 24, 2026, 06:55 PM
Apr 24

If it's a fake, it sure is a good one.

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