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
Nah, the sleepy is important, because it has a higher chance of penetrating cult logic to showcase what a hypocrite he is.
I donāt think his base is capable of processing hypocrisy correctly.
I think youāre right. But at this point, Iāll take the very slightly higher percentage chance of not being subject to a dictatorship