White House Explodes Over Viral Video of Sleepy Donald Trump

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A viral video of Donald Trump sitting with his eyes closed sent the White House's social media operation into full meltdown mode.

The administration's Rapid Response account lashed out on Thursday after videos circulated online appearing to show the 79-year-old president slumped sideways in his chair during an Oval Office event promoting what he called "Beautiful, Clean Coal."

One viral post, that at the time of writing has received more than 4 million views, claimed Trump was "completely passed out asleep" during the announcement and sarcastically wondered how long it would take before the White House insisted he had merely been "blinking."

The White House then took the bait.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/white-house-explodes-over-viral-040814154.html

[City Lights]

1. Boo-fucking-hoo!

He's basically a dead-man walking at this point.

[Dave Id]

15. I wish the "dead man walking"...

Would hurry the fuck up and die.

[City Lights]

16. Me too!! nt

[paleotn]

21. Perhaps something needs to eliminate the walking part.

[RT Atlanta]

2. 80 year old man in failing health struggles to stay conscious...

and, related, is that he is no longer shown standing.

Always seated with his severely swollen legs (is he wearing a catheter too) hidden. Perhaps he needs leg braces at this point too.

[homegirl]

43. Or a...

walker, gold plated -of course!

[NeoTrajan]

4. I dislike the hyperbolic language used

'Explodes ..'
'Panicked...'
'Collapsing...'

None of that is true

None of it

[2naSalit]

12. Truly unfortunate...

The way grammatical rules and definitions are no longer observed in ways we once recognized.

Now it's all about what sells, catches the eye. Attention is the commodity.

[paleotn]

22. Granted, but were they happy about it? No.

[mountain grammy]

45. I agree.. just tell me he looks sicker and can't keep his eyes open..

and I'm there.. when he really does collapse, I'll be there for that too.. Happy days!

[ananda]

5. Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey.

Hmmmm...

[multigraincracker]

28. I like Dopey Donnie. Has a nice ring to it.

[ananda]

30. Yeah. Dopey and Grumpy.

...

[Norrrm]

6. Trump's idea of 'clean' coal

Trump's idea of 'clean' coal

Trump appears to believe that clean coal - which, it must always be pointed out, doesn’t actually exist - is when workers mine coal and then physically “clean it.” That does not happen, but facts have never stopped Trump.

http://time.com/4912730/donald-trump-clean-coal-phoenix/

[Botany]

41. Coal Kills

End of story. The miners, the land, the water, and the air around the mine, fish in
lakes, red spruce, and other vegetation from acid rain, the supportive capacity of
our atmosphere, people from the particular
admission from burning it, and ....

Clean Coal is not true.

[lame54]

7. They still can't say he was asleep

[Deuxcents]

8. Just like Jan 6..we didn't see what we just saw.

[underpants]

9. That's the actual WH rapid response account?

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They aren’t very rapid but they are plenty Stoopid

Everything I’ve seen from that account is just basically reposting what their influencers already have probably from the group chat they have.

[paleotn]

24. Donnie employs the worst people.

[MLWR]

36. "Donnie" IS the worst people.

[paleotn]

37. Birds. Feathers. Yep. I get it.

[malaise]

10. 😂😂😢😢

President Trump is the sharpest, most accessible, and energetic president in American history," said White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.

————

[louis-t]

19. I wonder if they actually believe that.

[Attilatheblond]

35. What they believe is that they will NEVER get another job with so much $$ making potential

So they will put a rod down 'Bernie's' back and walk him like a puppet if they have to so they can stay on the gravy train.

[MustLoveBeagles]

23. Is that a real quote?

It's hard to tell these days.

[malaise]

26. Yes

😀
Check the Yahoo link

Add

[MustLoveBeagles]

27. Wow 😳

Sounds like it came from The Onion. I can't tell the difference anymore without looking at the link.

[DBoon]

38. Sounds like it came from The Manchurian Candidate

‘Raymond Shaw Is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being I’ve Ever Known in My Life’

[IcyPeas]

46. Rep. Ted Lieu takedown w/receipts

RUBIO: The video you just showed me now he was not falling asleep


LIEU: So you're lying again? You're lying to Congress, Secretary Rubio. Here's video from a French news channel mocking Trump for falling asleep at a Memorial Day ceremony.

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-03T16:08:04.492Z

[SoFlaBro]

11. Fuck those lying assed MAGA shitstains and their bullshit excuses for their sleepy pedophile rapist Orange Bastard.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. What you said

You have a way with words. Don't ever change

[onenote]

13. It was a stupid screen shot to use. His eyes are open. Why not use one of the many times his eyes were closed?

[58Sunliner]

39. Some people actually doze with their eyes partly open. It is a known occurence with older adults.

[onenote]

49. Sure. But if they had used one with his eyes closed there would be no need to make that point.

[purr-rat beauty]

14. It's not the falling asleep that bothers me

It's the waking up

[QueerDuck]

17. I predict: "He has dry eyes and closing them brings comfort."

[multigraincracker]

31. Must be squinting, I had thought he has

beady little eyes.

[BaronChocula]

18. Those people never learn

This has been going on for a while now. Lots-o times. And clearly no one can suggest keeping cameras out of meetings because Don Nods insists on looking important, which he doesn't when he's constantly passed out.

[underpants]

34. There is the problem, he uses the Oval unlike any other POTUS

The Oval is normally (and effectively) used as a very special room. It’s used for very special ceremonies and high level meetings often with heads of state. It’s very intimidating from everything I’ve read and one person I know he’s been in it. He’d seen lots on several tours in Afghanistan but he said when he stepped in there he gulped on focused on his breathing.

There’s an actual off to the side that most POTUS’s use for a majority of their day.

Trump wants EVERYONE to see him being President.
Look at me!!! In my gaudy tacky s hole.
With the press stomping all over the carpet.

[BaronChocula]

47. Exactly!

I'm betting Don Nods doesn't even know the President's Study is even there. He probably just thinks it's a closet.

[electric_blue68]

51. Interesting! Yeah, I think I saw photos of Obama in the Study Room.

ETA: Re Oval Office as a special room.

My friend's father was a ?Under Ambassador, then was later appointed as an Ambassador.

So we were walking around our city one day.....when she showed me the prints from photo session of his appointment as an Ambassador (with them/his family), in The Oval Office.

It was under Reagan. I hated Regean.
But, woah, it was impressive!

[Escape]

20. I look forward to the inevitable occurrence....

of him slumbering out cold, shitting his pants and sliding onto the floor face down.

That, by itself, will be comical enough, but the best part will be when Little Marco and all the other scared sheep in the room shit their pants and drop to the floor in a patriotic show of solidarity.

[58Sunliner]

40. Lol.

[moreland01]

25. They think we're stupid.

We all have people in our lives his age or older. It's not unusual for them to take several cat naps during the day. But they're retired and aren't setting off wars and killing democracy.

He's showing all the signs of congestive heart failure as my mom and Aunt/Uncle showed at that age.

Wish he would just hurry up and die already.

[OAITW r.2.0]

32. Cut the guy some slack.

It's not easy pulling all nighters to post stupid meme's and idiotic "truths" on his social media site. He's got to sleep sometime.

[Evolve Dammit]

33. Good! Grampy needs a nap; Sleepy (despite 12 Diet Cokes) McDonald

[C Moon]

42. "A" video? I've been seeing videos of him sleeping for the past 6 months.

Some people are curious about the swelling under his right eye. And the other day he didn't seem to using his right arm.

[allegorical oracle]

44. He may suffer from a condition called blepharospasm, but won't admit it...

A friend's mother suffered from this, and lost control of how often or long her eyelids would stay open or closed. Videos of djt remind me of her.

Blepharospasm is a benign (noncancerous) condition of the nervous system that causes uncontrollable eyelid spasms. A person with this condition may lose the ability to control their eyelid muscles, leading to excessive or forceful blinking and/or periods of time when the eyes are clenched shut.

... Episodes may occur only occasionally at first, but the frequency of eyelid muscle spasms typically increases over time. If the problem is not diagnosed and properly treated, the condition may interfere with a person’s ability to live life normally, including to drive or work.

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Doctors aren’t sure what causes blepharospasm, although the condition may stem from abnormalities in an area of the brain that impacts muscle movement. In addition, exposure to bright light and certain medications may be triggers for the condition.

https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/blepharospasm

[GenThePerservering]

48. I think he's actually falling asleep, though.

no mention of increasing symptoms, just zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

[LetMyPeopleVote]

50. trump is NOT well