His ‘Sleepy Joe’ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ‘Sleepy Don’

While the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial 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 first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former president, as he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up hush money payments to adult 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 Maggie Haberman reported.

The observation quickly inspired a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president: “Sleepy Don.”

  • @SLVRDRGN
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    7 months ago

    I agree. The democratic party could nominate ANY candidate who has character, energy, and intelligence - and younger (to better represent Americans), and they’d likely win in a landslide.

    • @dhork
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      77 months ago

      [Citation Needed]

      • @aibler
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        87 months ago

        Generally, when people make predictions about hypothetical futures, there is nothing to cite. Citations are more of a thing when talking about stuff in the past.

        • @[email protected]
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          47 months ago

          Not necessarily, you can post citations for what underlying lines of evidence support that the prediction will be accurate. That’s what you do when trying to prove a hypothesis scientifically.

          Now if a prediction = pulling stuff out of your ass you wish was true, that’s more likely that there’s no underlying evidence.

          • @aibler
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            27 months ago

            I’m sure the commentor they were responding to would have totally accepted past examples of charismatic presidents who got votes as valid citations. Lol.

            • @[email protected]
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              17 months ago

              That would be a great comparison if it were even tenuously related to today’s media environment, Trump’s charisma to his base, and hyper-polarization.