His āSleepy Joeā nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump āSleepy Donā
While the rest of the world canāt peel their eyes away asĀ Donald TrumpāsĀ historic criminal trialĀ 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 theĀ 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 ā and at one point may have even fallen asleep.
āTrump appears to be sleeping. His head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack,āĀ *New York TimesĀ *reporterĀ Maggie HabermanĀ reported.
The observation quickly inspired a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president: āSleepy Don.ā
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While the rest of the world canāt peel their eyes away as Donald Trumpās 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.
The former presidentās apparent courtroom nap eventually began trending on X, with users flocking to the hashtag #DonSnorleone, a reference to the mafia kingpin Don Corleone from the Godfather series.
āI prefer Presidents who donāt fall asleep before the lunch break in their hush money paid to a porn star election interference trial,ā one user mocked.
Mr Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records over so-called hush money payments made before the 2016 election to pay off adult film star Stormy Daniels in exchange for silence over an alleged affair.
The Trump campaign later vehemently denied rumours of the former presidentās brief courtroom nap, saying in a statement: āThis is 100% Fake News coming from ājournalistsā who werenāt even in the court room.ā
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