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Donald Trump’s aides are in a constant state of panic about the elderly president dozing off on camera—not least because he blows up at them afterward—according to his biographer.
Trump, 79, appeared to fall asleep in the middle of a televised roundtable with lawmakers and farmers on Monday—less than a week after he was caught drifting off at a Cabinet meeting.
Speaking on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast, author Michael Wolff said Trump’s increasingly frequent on-camera naps are putting his aides on edge.
“I mean, you can’t wake him up. Also, the cameras are running. Everybody is in a low-level panic now all of the time about Trump falling asleep because then he gets mad,” Wolff said. “He gets angry. He essentially blames the people around him for the fact that he fell asleep.”
Co-host Joanna Coles said, “Well that’s ridiculous. I mean, poor Marco Rubio was trying to talk louder, I think, to keep him awake.”
Wolff added, “You’re on camera, so you can’t jostle him... So nobody knows what to do.”
The author, who has written four Trump tell-alls, including 2018’s Fire and Fury, drawn from his White House access during Trump’s first term, said the president is “in denial” about his dozing episodes.
“He’s railing about this, and he’s mad at people, but he’s also in denial. ‘I didn’t fall asleep.’ I mean, that’s what he’s saying now.’”
Wolff said Trump’s habit of sleeping on the job is unusual, noting that in the decade he has followed the president, he never saw him fall asleep during events. He recalled that when Trump got “bored” during his first term, he would simply “walk out” of the room.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-sleepy-trump-79-really-030027912.html
Trump, 79, appeared to fall asleep in the middle of a televised roundtable with lawmakers and farmers on Monday—less than a week after he was caught drifting off at a Cabinet meeting.
Speaking on the Inside Trump’s Head podcast, author Michael Wolff said Trump’s increasingly frequent on-camera naps are putting his aides on edge.
“I mean, you can’t wake him up. Also, the cameras are running. Everybody is in a low-level panic now all of the time about Trump falling asleep because then he gets mad,” Wolff said. “He gets angry. He essentially blames the people around him for the fact that he fell asleep.”
Co-host Joanna Coles said, “Well that’s ridiculous. I mean, poor Marco Rubio was trying to talk louder, I think, to keep him awake.”
Wolff added, “You’re on camera, so you can’t jostle him... So nobody knows what to do.”
The author, who has written four Trump tell-alls, including 2018’s Fire and Fury, drawn from his White House access during Trump’s first term, said the president is “in denial” about his dozing episodes.
“He’s railing about this, and he’s mad at people, but he’s also in denial. ‘I didn’t fall asleep.’ I mean, that’s what he’s saying now.’”
Wolff said Trump’s habit of sleeping on the job is unusual, noting that in the decade he has followed the president, he never saw him fall asleep during events. He recalled that when Trump got “bored” during his first term, he would simply “walk out” of the room.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/why-sleepy-trump-79-really-030027912.html
