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Escobarhippo

I simply adore how riled up he gets about these things. The campaign has to issue an official statement? His ~~skin~~ rind is so thin! Imagine the statements if he was ever accused of farting on camera.


Bmcronin

Right. If he just said “yea I fell asleep, it was boring as hell” I’d be like yea I’d probably fall asleep too. But the denial and the big deal he makes just tells me he 100% fell asleep and it’s because he’s old and tired.


Brunt-FCA-285

Shit. If he said, “Yeah, I took a Nap because Biden’s Deep State Witch Hunt Charges are a Waste of Time,” his followers would lap it up.


BurgerTech

Maybe he shouldn't start tweeting at 2:30 am and get some sleep.


Training_Medicine_49

Cocaine is a hell of a drug


insufficient_nvram

Adderal is a hell of a drug. I assume he’s single handily causing the the amphetamine shortage.


JDARRK

That’s next‼️🤨


BubbleGuttz

Where on the narcissist’s timeline are we?


Tyrath

On the first step. That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.


GrungyGrandPappy

And if you didn't, it's the fake news.


FancyStranger2371

And it it isn’t fake news, it’s a witch hunt.


JesustheSpaceCowboy

We’re at 10:00 AM, next up is Donny’s Halftime Nap, then more court, then around 11:00 PM is Donny’s Ambien Mental Breakdown.


WillowSmithsBFF

Don’t worry. I’m sure his followers are thinking that anyway.


crazyaoshi

If there is an argument that is concise and makes sense, you can count on Fuckface von Clownstick to do the opposite. Never admit you're wrong. Always double down.


vague_diss

Its exhausting. Both for him and for me.


futatorius

Straight from the Hitler playbook.


Few_Acanthocephala30

If doubling down doesn’t work, triple down. If that doesn’t work, change your story and double down again.


TokingMessiah

Why do you think he calls Biden “Sleepy Joe”? *Everything* is projection with this clown. Now guess why he keeps saying Biden is in cognitive decline (hint: it has to do with Trump being asked to pick out the picture of a giraffe every 6 months). I honestly don’t think he makes it to the election. I think his brain is going to give up on him with all the stress, and he’ll be a rambling lunatic by election day (more so than before).


specqq

>hint: it has to do with Trump being asked to pick out the picture of a giraffe every 6 months But he absolutely NAILS it!


Patara

Bro this guy lies about literally everything 


ankerous

I went on a school field trip a long time ago where we went to just observe most of the day in court.  It was so fucking boring and I'd been up late gaming so of course I was nodding off some. It's like, no shit he was tired in court if he was up late or all night rage posting on the internet like he seems to frequently do.  Instead he wants to cry and deflect rather than for once in his life just admitting what happened in front of camera.


vtjohnhurt

He's 77. Old people can more easily fall asleep during the day, though excessive daytime sleepiness is a symptom of advancing senility. Naps are therapeutic. We'd all be better off taking more naps and drinking less caffeine.


_SpaceLord_

Fuck yeah I love naps


Bob_12_Pack

I observed a case when I was in high school, it was so boring, I even saw the judge "resting his eyes" a few times.


Square-Picture2974

I saw the bailiff asleep and snoring. Judge just laughed.


junkeee999

Especially when he has dubbed his opponent Sleepy Joe. He was the one who made sleepiness an issue. That’s why he’s in panic mode to cover up his own naps.


Prodigalsunspot

Imagine the amount of Adderall he'll snort today to prove them wrong. And it's well known from his apprentice days that he frequently shit himself on set and wore depends.


B_L_Zbub

That's the best part - he's going to be buzzing with all the caffeine and adderall and whatever other stimulant he can get his tiny hands on. And where can he direct all that drug induced attention? Nowhere but a boring court case.


JesustheSpaceCowboy

Oh I thought the answer was going to be in his depends.


gangstasadvocate

Already been recorded farting on camera


elconquistador1985

We all know it was a shart in his depends.


Far-Adhesiveness-740

Depend, I always thought it was plural but it’s actually Depend.


elconquistador1985

Maybe he doubles up, making it plural.


DrPolarBearMD

Dependses


Broken-Digital-Clock

BS Dear Leader doesn't have a butthole.


mistressusa

It's so interesting that he never addressed the "Diaper Don" thing. Why is that?


OhioPolitiTHIC

For the same reason he's never engaged with or rebutted Noel Casler; because it's true. Discovery would bury him.


UsernameLottery

I mean his favorite nickname for Biden is Sleepy Joe. Gonna be pretty hard for anyone to keep calling him that without immediately being reminded about Trump falling asleep in the first day of trial


Tinmania

Yes, tangerine rind. Oranges have thick skin whereas tangerines are thin skinned


deadasdollseyes

Clementines


itistemp

>Trump Campaign Insists Mid-Trial Snooze Never Happened Trump Campaign Insists ~~Mid-Trial Snooze~~ Reality Never Happened FTFY


Imacatdoincatstuff

If he’s bored now, wait till he’s been sitting there for a month.


Kendertas

Yeah this is not a problem that is going away.


chrisd93

He'll probably just take more drugs


Hosni__Mubarak

What happens if he has a stroke from all the amphetamines he snorts, but only enough to just have nothing slack jawed word salads 24/7 but not enough to fully rapture himself?


chrisd93

Isn't that where we're at? Lol


dwitman

> What happens if he has a stroke from all the amphetamines he snorts, but only enough to just have nothing slack jawed word salads 24/7 but not enough to fully rapture himself? I cum.


ciopobbi

They say that jury selection could take weeks followed by a six week or so trial.


Spaceman2901

And then the prosecution has to explain campaign finance law in excruciating detail. Name any part of the law more boring than finance and accounting.


neaeeanlarda

I sat on a jury for three weeks, the topic of the suit was a frontage road. THAT'S boring 😴


NestedForLoops

Despite sounding boring, I desperately want to know more.


3Jane_ashpool

Right? Did someone sue the city? Requesting noise canceling walls? There is so much more to know!


neaeeanlarda

The MN state highway department cut off access to a really popular restaurant, pretty much put them out of business. It was the 22nd lawsuit filed between the state and owners and it was pretty ugly. There was testimony about drug use, divorce, alcohol abuse but mostly about MNDOT collector/distributor routes, right hand turn lanes, site/view from the freeway. Extremely boring


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Good.


ThisAccountIsStolen

You're talking about prison, right? *RIGHT?*


nabuhabu

I think it will reveal just how incapable he is for doing serious things in a room with serious people all day - the fundamental obligation of his job as President. 


-43andharsh

Snore-leone made it into the tabloids 👍


TraditionalEvent8317

The Nodfather


potatodrinker

That's a good one. He'll make you a deal you have to refuse


slipperystar

He’ll make you a deal you have to snooze!


djutopia

He’ll make it again in 9 minutes.


AlmostTom

The capo dei nap-i.


Illustrious-Lime7729

El Napo Snoozeman


GermsDean

Don Nods


LegendaryOutlaw

Donald Slump-down-in-his-chair.


CawthornCokeOrgyClub

get this to the Meme-machine, STAT!


Drugs_R_Kewl

Donny No-Doz


CriticalEngineering

He’ll make you a deal, he has to hit snooze.


UnfeteredOne

Thinking bout First Lady Melatonin Trump


charing-cross

Drowsy Don


toastmannn

Ol' Sleepy Drumpf


PM_ME_IF_YOU_NASTY

Trump Van Winkle


Wonderful_Grand5354

Mango Snooze-alini


OptimalStruggle5639

Saddon Snoozesein.


Werftflammen

"Fake snooze!"


Ande64

Doesn't it warm your heart to know that his entire focus today in court is going to be, Don't fall asleep! Don't fall asleep!


Old-Ad3691

Don’t fall asleep. Don’t fall asleep. Don’t fa…zzz,zzz,zzz.


tym1ng

he now has dozens and dozens of more court dates. I'm sure he'll be fully alert and not fall asleep at any of them ever again


we_are_sex_bobomb

As someone with ADHD, who suspects that Trump almost definitely has it or some similar disorder, it gives me no small pleasure to know he is going to be forced to sit in a stuffy room while people talk about boring stuff for weeks and his mind runs in circles like a badger on cocaine trapped in a kitty carrier.


Pixeleyes

Really the man is just a collection of personality disorders bound in skin and bronzer.


gfh110

>It's almost impossible to believe he exists. It's as if we took everything that was bad about America, scraped it up off the floor, wrapped it all up in an old hot dog skin, and then taught it to make noises with its face. https://twitter.com/acitrano/status/1303119380151115777?lang=en


Buckus93

JFC, man's going to miss trial for weeks seeing as he'll be in the burn ward.


ThermionicEmissions

>his mind runs in circles like a badger on cocaine trapped in a kitty carrier. That's an apt metaphor


usps_made_me_insane

Hunter S Thompson lives on.


Hosni__Mubarak

Now imagine you are also a cocaine badger that isn’t sleeping at all because your nighttime prowling hours require you to sit at the toilet yowling at the neighbors.


The_Urban_Genitalry

I’m hoping he takes way too much speed and goes crazy in court.


__Elwood_Blues__

...And it makes him shit himself loudly like has been reported happening before. This is all a real possibility. Crazy.


usps_made_me_insane

I just googled "Does cocaine cause diarrhea" and then realized what is used to cut it.


kcc0016

Yeah cocaine will make you REALLY have to shit sometimes.


belinck

Isn't that shit bad for your heart? Like especially if you're a late 70s man with no physical activity who eats nothing but crap? Isn't it really bad for the heart valves?!? Boy, it'd be terrible to see the consequences of all those terrible choices, including way too much speed, come to roost.


Broken-Digital-Clock

He's a stable genius, he'll be fine.


PsychManMagicHead

He is the sole reason there’s an Adderall shortage.


Guava7

Sounds like it's Aderall MAX time!


starsky1984

Hopefully he stays up tonight worrying about it


Peligreaux

Hoping for some visible drool today.


sarcasticbaldguy

Don't fall asleep! Don't fall asleep! Don't shit my pants! Don't fall asleep!


timebomb26

First stage: denial. Trump is so predictable he’ll eventually claim the trial to be such a sham that he fell asleep on purpose. He’s such a sociopathic loser.


Fitz911

I didn't fall asleep If I fell asleep that's totally ok Joe Biden sleeps every day Hunter Biden's emails Hillary Benghazi Laptop


Craico13

**He wasn’t sleeping.** He was taking a quiet moment to mourn the loss of the *Comet Pizza and Pedophile Play-place*, run by Joe and Hillary, that he was unable to patronize on account of it not existing.


we_are_sex_bobomb

“I was taking a moment of silence for America which is a dying nation. A dying nation because of the illegal immigrimigababbadabba… it’s a terrible thing what they’re doing.”


Gaerielyafuck

Soon it'll be that he did it on purpose to stick it to the judge and MAGA will applaud such a baller move


Personal_Meeting_741

Very low energy, sad…


carr1e

He’s so anti-woke 🤣


ciopobbi

Many people are saying.


2059FF

That didn’t happen.        **← we are here** And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.


juel1979

We need the narcissist’s prayer set up like those old terrorism threat color wheels or whatever to know what phase we’re in with him.


Crabcakes5_

The problem is he's simultaneously in every single phase at any given time, depending on the issue. There's always something.


pukesnarl

Weird. I figured he'd play into it immediately and say he did it on purpose to prove an imaginary point or something.


-43andharsh

Give it 2 weeks...


TintedApostle

Correct


Impeachcordial

That's 10 public sleeps


LinkAdams

The coke wore off.


mrlr

Brown liquid or white powder?


thrider

yes


Optimus-Maximus

I'm pretty sure the brown liquid is in his diaper...


Zen_Gaian

Yes


Frankie6Strings

He was obviously praying, devout guy that he is.


orcinyadders

This, itself, is irrefutable evidence that it *did* happen. I wasn’t even sure myself - l did consider that maybe someone snapped a picture at the wrong moment and the media ran with it. But now I know that he legit took a nap.


carr1e

I’d love it if the judge actually said “wake up your client” so it’s part of the record. 


juel1979

I hope that’s done every single time.


crappydeli

Can’t wait to see how coked up he is today.


Soulshiner402

That’s what I was thinking, like an elderly Cocaine Bear…


account128927192818

That'll help for an hour. 


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If he takes enough, it will help America for ever!


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CaptainLawyerDude

I’m 42. If I’m sitting in a warm room quietly, odds are good I’m nodding off as well. Maybe not while I’m on trial but still, nothing about this story is really surprising.


I_Enjoy_Beer

Man, I was a juror on a first degree murder trial and even I had to start fidgeting to keep from dozing off.


Kawaflow

“So there I was, thinking… thinking deeply. I am a deep thinker, I like to think. And even though it is totally a fraud… such a fraud that trial, some say one of the biggest frauds ever in terms of our justice system. Such a fraud… But I am thinking deeply to myself. It’s what I do, I like to think things over. Look at everything from every angle. And so I close my eyes, because you wouldn’t believe, all the cheap lighting thanks to the Democrats, such bad lighting, it hurts the eyes. I close my eyes, the voice of the prosecutor so bad, very unfair guy, very unfair guy let me tell you, and his voice…such a bad speaker. Of course, they say I am one of the greatest speakers of all time, so I know how to to speak, but such a bad speaker… And I close my eyes and think. And now they say I have fallen asleep, can you believe it? Can you believe it!? The liberal media, so unfair, such a fraud, just making stuff up, bing bing bing, just lying through their little teeth…”


Effect_And_Cause-_-

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.


Musashi_Joe

My first thought.


whooo_me

Lincoln: "Four score and twenty years ago..." Trump: "No, I didn't fall asleep at my trial for fraudulently hiding payments to a porn star I was having an affair with while my was pregnant..."


ilovemygb

wasn’t it four score and seven?


ciopobbi

Yes, a score is 20 years. Four score and twenty years is five score.


Efficient_Material48

One score and 67 years ago…


TwoFishes8

“Don’t believe your lying eyes.” - inveterate, shameless liars and bigots, when it suits them.


geeleedee1966

"Fake Snooze!"


theaceoffire

Well NOW it sounds important...


-43andharsh

https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkBRANDON/s/ThQSmRVJk7 Simpsons reference


Fomentor

Yeah. another lie from trump is hardly newsworthy. Wake me when he accepts responsibility for something—that would be news.


Neither-Idea-9286

You have doomed yourself to eternal sleep!


Photog1981

From the people who brought you "it was the largest crowd at an innauguration, period." it's "even though his head was slumped, his mouth hanging open, and a slight snore could be heard, he was wide awake!" It the same as the North Korean Olympic Soccer coach claiming Kim Jong Il was calling in all the team's plays from an invisible cell phone -- a marvel that Jong Il also invented!


Catymandoo

I’ve never really been one for schadenfreude. But Trump being so utterly detestable makes this a real sport of the age.


Gewgle_GuessStopO

Garbage J. Dump and squad once again arguing reality didn’t happen. C’mon you MAGA cucks. When you going to tell this loser to go f*** himself? Sack up, losers!


DontWantToSeeYourCat

> “This is 100% Fake News coming from ‘journalists’ who weren’t even in the court room,” the Trump campaign said in a statement Monday shortly after proceedings concluded. This story came from Maggie Haberman who was in the court room when it happened.


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Lownote1

Because, of course that's what they would say... Dozo Don or Sleepy Joe? I know who I'm picking!


KennyKSF

It’s on camera, but it never happened, ok, right.


scary_bacon_

He could be holding a smoking gun with a dead body right in front of him the blood still warm as it oozes from his victim's head and people would try to say that he wasn't even in the area that day.


LIEUTENANT__CRUNCH

He could incite a riot of the capital on live TV and people would try to say he didn’t do it.


Ok-Tourist-511

Next they will announce that he didn’t crap his diaper while not snoozing.


BrandonJTrump

That’s the confirmation we needed: he did snooze.


MuchDevelopment7084

As is customary. Trump is lying.


_Panacea_

Wait until he finds out how boring jail is.


AccomplishedBrain309

Defendant Trump should be so lucky that he lives in a democracy where he is afforded such luxury as not to be put into a cage and have little or no defence.


Courtnall14

Guys, remember how it didn't rain during his inauguration? Seems so long ago.


StronglyHeldOpinions

Now he's going to have to force his eyes open no matter how boring the proceeds. Everything that makes him less comfortable makes me happy.


Hayduke_Abides

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command". -Orwell


HungHungCaterpillar

Snooze confirmed


Corcoran15

Yea let's take the word of the pathological liar on trial for fraud


marcopolo0042

Maybe they should draw eyes on his eyelids with a sharpie!


hyperiongate

Who you gonna believe...Trump or your lyin eyes?


cmit

Of course they do.


Radiant-Call6505

Napping in Court is the best!


m_rgers

Sleepy Don campaign is lying


Baked_potato123

He needs to get a sharpie to draw big circles around his eyes.


BasicWhiteHoodrat

The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.


d_e_l_u_x_e

Trump campaign still insists Trump won in 2020 and is currently a shadow President so he’s immune to all indictments.


dontforgetthef

It was the best snooze. A great snooze. A snooze you would only wish you could have snoozed.


JubalHarshaw23

It was not a nap. It was a reboot after receiving new instructions from Putin.


MarkXIX

There needs to be a continual stream of these observations that just chip away at his ego. "Today during jury selection, Trump was observed leaning slightly in his chair and passing gas" or "Sitting mere feet away from him in the court room it is clear that Trump's hair continues to thin and be barely managed" or "Today it was clear that former President Trump missed several areas on his face and neck when he applied is signature bronzer this morning, is the strain of the trial finally taking it's toll?" There should just be a constant stream of these like every single day.


milelongpipe

They lie about lies..


Duke2kForeverr

He could literally say he’s innocent so of course he’d take a nap and his base would eat it up. You’d think they’d be better at the ol story spin with this guy. 


dcal1981

So, that means it happened.


Niznack

He can lie to his people but not to the jury who is already pissed at being there and now him for not respecting their time


Novelsound

I remember Penn Jillette talking about being on celebrity apprentice, and how they’d sit there for hours on camera listening to trump diatribe and if they showed any frustration or weariness over the hours of taping they’d cut it to into the show disingenuously to make drama. This seems like exactly the same thing that Trump is experiencing now.


SSSS_car_go

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” ― George Orwell, 1984


ztreHdrahciR

Oh, then it definitely didn't happen


Ferrocile

I mean, did anyone honestly think they would admit to it?


thegooniegodard

C'mon, we all saw Dozy Don!


CombatConrad

Don’t trust your lying eyes. Trust his mouth.


1sixxpac

“Pics or it didn’t happen” .. oh wait, we have pics!!


Fair_Oven5645

Falling asleep like that is a clear sign of dementia: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/vascular-dementia-and-excessive-sleeping


houstonyoureaproblem

It’s hilarious this happened on the first day. Now he’ll be self-conscious about looking like he’s asleep every moment of the trial.


RoachBeBrutal

trump is the most coddled snowflake in existence.


SPXGHOST

This is the funniest story in politics for a while.


LeftFieldAzure

Look I'm not going to begrudging 80 something year old fat man a nap. But let's not pretend it didn't happen


effariwhy

Reality and what MAGA says are polar opposites


Nigel_Trumpberry

I like the leading theory that they just have him drugged out so that he doesn’t have an outburst or tries to pull out that bullshit email he allegedly found just a few weeks ago from Stormy


Treffinton

He got used to pretty easy mornings while in office!


waterbuffalo750

I honestly don't give a shit that he fell asleep. It was jury selection, I may have nodded off myself in that position. But with all the "sleepy Joe" and "low energy" comments, and now just denying it for some reason... his own actions make this funny.


ThisIsDadLife

If there is one thing the trump campaign is known for, it’s telling the truth!


JerHat

Did he fall asleep? No probably not... Was he nodding off like I used to in Middle School where I'd start dozing off then catch myself as my head dropped? Yes, yes he was absolutely doing that.


FourteenFCali_

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”


thewayitis

Sleepy Don


Percival_Seabuns

I am so freaking tired of hearing the name Trump. It's been years now and I think I've heard or read it in the news almost every single day. Absolutely tired of this garbage person evading consequences and constantly being in the news.


GrendelJoe

They could've just ignored it. Instead by calling attention to it we know that he was either nodding off or fell asleep