‘This Man Is Not Well’: Left Roasts Trump After Appearing to Fall Asleep During Oval Office Event

Screenshot via C-SPAN

Many on the left are having a field day after President Donald Trump appeared to fall asleep during an Oval Office press conference with pharmaceutical executives on Thursday. Democratic influencer Harry Sisson declaring on X, “This man is not well.”

C-SPAN footage from the presser, shared by Democratic strategist Mike Nellis, shows the administrator for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Dr. Mehmet Oz, speaking while Trump lies with his eyes closed, slumped over at his desk.

Sisson, along with Meidas Touch editor-in-chief Ron Filipkowski, made comparisons to Trump’s famed ‘Sleepy Joe’ insult, meant for former President Joe Biden, with Sisson writing that Trump “is the one passing out in front of the entire country.”

As noted by The Daily Beast reporter Leigh Kimmins McManus, Trump’s cat-nap was not the only newsworthy moment of Thursday’s presser, meant for the president to announce price reductions on weight-loss drugs. An Eli Lilly patient appeared to faint as CEO David Ricks spoke at the podium, prompting a short pause in the proceedings.

Independent journalist Adam Cochran also mentioned Trump’s recent announcement that he’d gotten a “perfect” MRI, writing, “They are trying to see if there is anything left in there!”

The viral moment has drawn global intrigue, with Jeff Rudd, the founder of the UnitedPeople political party in Ireland, writing that, “He’s just too old for the job, be he good or bad for the actual position.”

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