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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.”

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Personally, I like Jimmy Kimmel's "Dozo The Clown".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Lazy! Dozing Donny has better alliteration!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Well he always makes such a big deal about how anti-woke he is. I didn't realize how literally he meant it.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Whatever distracts his base from the actual contents of the trial is a good thing for him.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

The trial hasn't actually started yet, so it's probably not a big deal.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You can always tell what trump is insecure about. He projects all of his faults on to others. They bother him and as a result he considers his faults the worse thing he can say about someone else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

He also went on about "sleepy Joe", but now it's "sleepy Don J"

(edited due to autocorrupt)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Every accusation from his face hole is a confession.

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