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riversedge

(80,875 posts)
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:44 AM Mar 24

Trump falls asleep again during Memphis task force meeting amid health concerns

Source: aol



Peter Rubinstein Mon, March 23, 2026 at 9:05 PM CDT



President Donald Trump appeared to fall asleep for an extended period while on stage in Memphis on Monday, the latest moment in which the 79-year-old dozed off during a televised meeting or conference, even while people were speaking directly to him.

Trump, the oldest president in United States history, visited the Tennessee city to tout the crime task force his administration created to combat what he claimed was out of control violent crime. But after boasting that there would soon be "like, no crime" in the city of around 650,000 thanks to his efforts, Trump appeared to nod off.

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..............Since retaking office last January, Trump has exhibited a series of consistent, visible health abnormalities. He has sported a recurring, dark bruise on the back of his right hand, walked on severely swollen ankles and experienced numerous lapses and manic episodes that critics say could be signs of declining mental faculties................

"He's done this several times in the last few weeks. He's fallen asleep in a crowded Oval Office and he's also fallen asleep at Cabinet meetings with people talking directly to him. That's what's called increased daytime somnolence," Dr. Jonathan Reiner told CNN host Jake Tapper during a segment on the president's health.............







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Trump falls asleep again during Memphis task force meeting amid health concerns

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Trump falls asleep again during Memphis task force meeting amid health concerns (Original Post) riversedge Mar 24 OP
Donny got all tuckered out visiting Graceland earlier in the day. Botany Mar 24 #1
Could be signs of declining mental faculities?!? mwmisses4289 Mar 24 #2
- Lemon Lyman Mar 24 #3
Some patients listen to their doctors and obey them FakeNoose Mar 24 #7
Seems like the robust sort of lad who'd bounce back from a bullet wound Orrex Mar 24 #4
--- and a remarkable recovery from that serious wound. 3Hotdogs Mar 24 #5
God has blessed him. Obviously. mwb970 Mar 24 #14
I'm tempted to suspect it wasn't God. calimary Mar 24 #20
With a spare bag of ear cartilage 👂. rubbersole Mar 24 #23
Once More... GB_RN Mar 24 #6
Btw, I LOVE "Cantaloupe Caligula"! calimary Mar 24 #21
Thanks! GB_RN Mar 24 #28
Falling asleep and health concerns. hay rick Mar 24 #8
Just let me know when he doesn't wake up. Ray Bruns Mar 24 #9
and still Republicants Mr.Bee Mar 24 #10
I'm skeptical of this report Fiendish Thingy Mar 24 #11
I have never closed my eyes for 30 seconds in a meeting, ever. mwb970 Mar 24 #12
I have many times Fiendish Thingy Mar 24 #15
I have. mwb970 Mar 24 #27
But you're not a cognitively impaired79 year old. Nt Fiendish Thingy Mar 24 #29
I've fallen asleep with my head up GenThePerservering Mar 24 #19
I think there is a formal/scientific measure of sleep Fiendish Thingy Mar 24 #22
I assume that he woke up for long enough to whine about "Sleepy Joe". mwb970 Mar 24 #13
Dozy Don's..... SergeStorms Mar 24 #16
He's sundowning Owens Mar 24 #17
Trump was just telling bedtime fairy tales. Martin68 Mar 24 #18
Narcolepsy Blue_Roses Mar 24 #24
Carb loading at lunch, sleep deprivation at night? maxsolomon Mar 24 #25
Next time I hope he won't wake up. Dave Bowman Mar 24 #26
If next step Whip-poor-will Mar 24 #30

Botany

(77,376 posts)
1. Donny got all tuckered out visiting Graceland earlier in the day.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:52 AM
Mar 24

Last edited Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:26 AM - Edit history (1)

An 80 year old man can’t handle his tough 4 hour work days.

mwmisses4289

(4,223 posts)
2. Could be signs of declining mental faculities?!?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:08 AM
Mar 24

Great bloody hell, they are! Stop tiptoeing around the fucking obvious! Geez!

Lemon Lyman

(1,595 posts)
3. -
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:09 AM
Mar 24

Dr. Jonathan Reiner is good. He's the MD who did Cheney's heart transplant.

When Dr. Reiner performed the procedure in March 2025, he said that an otherwise healthy person of Cheney's age could expect to live 10 years with the new heart. Cheney lived over 3 and 1/2 years longer than that, dying in November 2025.

FakeNoose

(41,710 posts)
7. Some patients listen to their doctors and obey them
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:13 AM
Mar 24

Dick Cheney knew good advice when he heard it. I seriously doubt Chump ever listens to anyone ... except his billionaire overlords.

calimary

(90,113 posts)
20. I'm tempted to suspect it wasn't God.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 05:38 PM
Mar 24

It might have been that “other guy” who rules in Hell.

GB_RN

(3,563 posts)
6. Once More...
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:55 AM
Mar 24

This shows that what he accuses others of (e.g. “Sleepy Joe” Biden) is merely Cantaloupe Caligula the Corpulent projecting his failings onto others.

hay rick

(9,616 posts)
8. Falling asleep and health concerns.
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 09:20 AM
Mar 24

Yeah, he's fallen asleep at the wheel. That should be obvious to everyone. My concern for his health is that he could survive for 3 more years.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,285 posts)
11. I'm skeptical of this report
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:10 AM
Mar 24

Closing eyes for 30 seconds while continuing to hold his head upright is not sleeping. It may be drowsiness, but he’s not asleep. He is still clearly unwell.

The other clips from cabinet meetings, etc. clearly show him nodding off, head either drooping down into his chest or falling back against the headrest of his chair.

Fiendish Thingy

(23,285 posts)
15. I have many times
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 10:47 AM
Mar 24

Perhaps you never had to sit through two hour staff meetings that could have been emails.

GenThePerservering

(3,401 posts)
19. I've fallen asleep with my head up
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 05:34 PM
Mar 24

I've also fallen asleep on my feet (triple shifts).

Trump is 😴 💤

Fiendish Thingy

(23,285 posts)
22. I think there is a formal/scientific measure of sleep
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 05:51 PM
Mar 24

That requires the neck muscles to be relaxed/slack, and eyes rolled back, as well as respiration and heart rate and brain wave activity.

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-6467-9_2

Clearly, Trump is impaired/sleep deprived/not full conscious during these “episodes”, but whether he is unconscious or asleep in every one of them is debatable.

SergeStorms

(20,600 posts)
16. Dozy Don's.....
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 02:58 PM
Mar 24

hard partying lifestyle at Mar-ma-lardo during "wartime" is taking its toll on the old boy.

Time to put him out to pasture, permanently. The thought of Vance as president doesn't thrill me, but at least he'd be awake most of the time. The sofa in the Oval Office would have to be burned before the peaceful transition to our next Democratic president takes place in 2028, though.

maxsolomon

(38,756 posts)
25. Carb loading at lunch, sleep deprivation at night?
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 07:27 PM
Mar 24

That's when I nod off - an hour after lunch when I didn't sleep well the night before.

MFer never sleeps well - tweeting at all hours of the night, getting blue light in his eyes.

Whip-poor-will

(268 posts)
30. If next step
Tue Mar 24, 2026, 08:38 PM
Mar 24

If he follows my father's demise the next thing is eating and forgetting to swallow creating a choking situation.

When it's over we'll wonder why he had such sway over so many he's such a LOSER always.



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