Trump sparks Twitter hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial

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Trump sparks

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hilarity as he appears to fall asleep at trial

While the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as

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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

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, as he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up hush money payments to ****** 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

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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

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on X.

“Looks, he’s old. The judge is keeping Sleepy Don from his nap time,” Meidas Touch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski

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.

The Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump Super PAC,

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that Mr Trump had worn himself out with his post-trial Truth Social rants.

“

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was up late rage-posting on Truth Social,” the account posted.

The former president’s apparent courtroom nap eventually began trending on X, with users flocking to

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, a reference to the ****** kingpin Don Corleone from the Godfather series. Others chose another pun for Mr Trump:

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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 ***** star election interference trial,” one user

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“If Sleepy Don is too low energy to stay awake during the first day of his ********* trial, does he even have the stamina to be President?” another

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“‘Sleepy Joe’ is [a] projection, like everything else,” the account *********** Voters Against Trump

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Donald Trump sits at the defence table on day one of his hush money trial (AP)

Others made jokes about Trump ally Mike Lindell, CEO of MyPillow, with one person

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: “Where is the My Pillow guy when you need him?”

“A special consultant just showed up at the Trump trial,” another

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, along with a picture of Mr Lindell.

The nickname comes after Mr Trump has proudly branded his 2024 rival, 81-year-old

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, “

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” 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 ****** 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

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the clip of Haberman talking on CNN.

The Trump campaign later vehemently denied rumours of the former president’s brief courtroom nap, saying in a statement: “This is 100% Fake News coming from ‘journalists’ who weren’t even in the court room.”

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