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NightWatcher

(39,389 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:13 PM Jun 4

What's the guy in the red tie behind him thinking?

Trump dozes off as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) 2026-06-04T20:48:20.493Z


My Guess: "Aw Fvck!"
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onenote

(46,329 posts)
6. All he's doing is straightening his hair and glasses. But Trump clearly is struggling to stay awake.
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:49 PM
Jun 4
The screen shot in the OP is from around the 4:42 mark. But the whole video is quite damning in terms of Trump's inability to keep his eyes open.

Niagara

(12,395 posts)
19. That's the issue with internet communication
Fri Jun 5, 2026, 07:33 AM
Jun 5

Anyone can take a screen shot and make up their own version about what's happening in the photo. I'm not blaming social media because this started happening when we got access to email.

Thank you for the video and providing context.

Staph

(6,481 posts)
7. The guy in the red tie is WV Governor Patrick Morrissey,
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:54 PM
Jun 4

a true-red Trump suck-up. I suspect that Morrissey is realizing that he has hitched his political future to an aging, dementia-ridden grifter. Morrissey aspires to be a big grifter as well, and I think he sees that Trump's physical and mental deterioration (along with his stupid policies and wars) mean that the Democrats will be taking over Congress next year. That's going to be tough for grifters everywhere!


MyOwnPeace

(17,671 posts)
8. Send that pic to 'Little Marco!'
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 07:55 PM
Jun 4

He has NEVER seen his dear leader sleeping during a meeting!

How pathetic his minions are!

BlueKota

(5,597 posts)
13. He is basically nothing more than
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 09:26 PM
Jun 4

a non functioning prop at this point that the Repulicons pose in a chair to keep conning the rubes who think he is the second coming. They know the cult is over once tsf is gone, and Vance isn't going to have the same sway as tsf did.

Aussie105

(8,325 posts)
16. That sideways list, that closed eye moment . . .
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 10:17 PM
Jun 4

Either trying to fart silently, or dozing off.

Probably day dreaming of which country to invade next - Cuba, Iceland, Europe, Canada, Greenland, Narnia?

The country is in good hands!

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