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A viral video of Donald Trump sitting with his eyes closed sent the White House's social media operation into full meltdown mode.
The administration's Rapid Response account lashed out on Thursday after videos circulated online appearing to show the 79-year-old president slumped sideways in his chair during an Oval Office event promoting what he called "Beautiful, Clean Coal."
One viral post, that at the time of writing has received more than 4 million views, claimed Trump was "completely passed out asleep" during the announcement and sarcastically wondered how long it would take before the White House insisted he had merely been "blinking."
The White House then took the bait.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/white-house-explodes-over-viral-040814154.html
City Lights
(26,172 posts)He's basically a dead-man walking at this point.
Dave Id
(371 posts)Would hurry the fuck up and die.
City Lights
(26,172 posts)paleotn
(23,054 posts)RT Atlanta
(2,867 posts)and, related, is that he is no longer shown standing.
Always seated with his severely swollen legs (is he wearing a catheter too) hidden. Perhaps he needs leg braces at this point too.
walker, gold plated -of course!
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NeoTrajan
(89 posts)'Explodes ..'
'Panicked...'
'Collapsing...'
None of that is true
None of it
2naSalit
(104,740 posts)The way grammatical rules and definitions are no longer observed in ways we once recognized.
Now it's all about what sells, catches the eye. Attention is the commodity.
paleotn
(23,054 posts)mountain grammy
(29,389 posts)and I'm there.. when he really does collapse, I'll be there for that too.. Happy days!
ananda
(35,797 posts)Hmmmm...
multigraincracker
(38,296 posts)ananda
(35,797 posts)...
Norrrm
(6,060 posts)Trump's idea of 'clean' coal
Trump appears to believe that clean coal - which, it must always be pointed out, doesnt actually exist - is when workers mine coal and then physically clean it. That does not happen, but facts have never stopped Trump.
http://time.com/4912730/donald-trump-clean-coal-phoenix/
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End of story. The miners, the land, the water, and the air around the mine, fish in
lakes, red spruce, and other vegetation from acid rain, the supportive capacity of
our atmosphere, people from the particals admitted by burning it, and ....
Clean Coal is not true.
calimary
(91,427 posts)My dad had a bathroom joke book of his, called Shelley Bermans Cleans and Dirties. Something in the middle, neither fully clean nor dirty, Berman would call a clirty (as in cleaned-up dirty):

lame54
(40,414 posts)Deuxcents
(28,187 posts)underpants
(197,781 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 5, 2026, 05:03 PM - Edit history (1)
They arent very rapid but they are plenty Stoopid
Everything Ive seen from that account is just basically reposting what their influencers already have probably from the group chat they have.
paleotn
(23,054 posts)MLWR
(1,149 posts)paleotn
(23,054 posts)malaise
(299,533 posts)President Trump is the sharpest, most accessible, and energetic president in American history," said White House spokesperson Davis Ingle.
louis-t
(24,698 posts)Attilatheblond
(9,475 posts)So they will put a rod down 'Bernie's' back and walk him like a puppet if they have to so they can stay on the gravy train.
MustLoveBeagles
(18,281 posts)It's hard to tell these days.
malaise
(299,533 posts)😀
Check the Yahoo link
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MustLoveBeagles
(18,281 posts)Sounds like it came from The Onion. I can't tell the difference anymore without looking at the link.
DBoon
(25,263 posts)Raymond Shaw Is the Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Human Being Ive Ever Known in My Life
IcyPeas
(25,975 posts)RUBIO: The video you just showed me now he was not falling asleep
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-06-03T16:08:04.492Z
LIEU: So you're lying again? You're lying to Congress, Secretary Rubio. Here's video from a French news channel mocking Trump for falling asleep at a Memorial Day ceremony.
SoFlaBro
(3,828 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(18,281 posts)You have a way with words. Don't ever change
SoFlaBro
(3,828 posts)MustLoveBeagles
(18,281 posts)onenote
(46,343 posts)58Sunliner
(6,459 posts)onenote
(46,343 posts)58Sunliner
(6,459 posts)It is important to understand that he may be dozing with eyes ajar because it is caused by his physical decline. It's a lack of muscular function of the eyelid. He is dozing more often than suspected. Unfit to be in office.
purr-rat beauty
(1,625 posts)It's the waking up
QueerDuck
(2,111 posts)multigraincracker
(38,296 posts)beady little eyes.
BaronChocula
(4,958 posts)This has been going on for a while now. Lots-o times. And clearly no one can suggest keeping cameras out of meetings because Don Nods insists on looking important, which he doesn't when he's constantly passed out.
underpants
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The Oval is normally (and effectively) used as a very special room. Its used for very special ceremonies and high level meetings often with heads of state. Its very intimidating from everything Ive read and one person I know whos been in it. Hed seen lots on several tours in Afghanistan but he said when he stepped in there he gulped on focused on his breathing.
Theres an actual off to the side that most POTUSs use for a majority of their day.
Trump wants EVERYONE to see him being President.
Look at me!!! In my gaudy tacky s hole.
With the press stomping all over the carpet.
BaronChocula
(4,958 posts)I'm betting Don Nods doesn't even know the President's Study is even there. He probably just thinks it's a closet.
electric_blue68
(27,886 posts)My friend's father was a ?Under Ambassador, then was later appointed as an Ambassador.
So we were walking around our city one day.....when she showed me the prints from photo session of his appointment as an Ambassador (with them/his family), in The Oval Office.
It was under Reagan. I hated Regean.
But, woah, it was impressive!
Escape
(543 posts)of him slumbering out cold, shitting his pants and sliding onto the floor face down.
That, by itself, will be comical enough, but the best part will be when Little Marco and all the other scared sheep in the room shit their pants and drop to the floor in a patriotic show of solidarity.
moreland01
(893 posts)We all have people in our lives his age or older. It's not unusual for them to take several cat naps during the day. But they're retired and aren't setting off wars and killing democracy.
He's showing all the signs of congestive heart failure as my mom and Aunt/Uncle showed at that age.
Wish he would just hurry up and die already.
OAITW r.2.0
(32,952 posts)It's not easy pulling all nighters to post stupid meme's and idiotic "truths" on his social media site. He's got to sleep sometime.
Evolve Dammit
(21,848 posts)C Moon
(13,820 posts)Some people are curious about the swelling under his right eye. And the other day he didn't seem to using his right arm.
allegorical oracle
(6,683 posts)Blepharospasm is a benign (noncancerous) condition of the nervous system that causes uncontrollable eyelid spasms. A person with this condition may lose the ability to control their eyelid muscles, leading to excessive or forceful blinking and/or periods of time when the eyes are clenched shut.
... Episodes may occur only occasionally at first, but the frequency of eyelid muscle spasms typically increases over time. If the problem is not diagnosed and properly treated, the condition may interfere with a persons ability to live life normally, including to drive or work.
snip
Doctors arent sure what causes blepharospasm, although the condition may stem from abnormalities in an area of the brain that impacts muscle movement. In addition, exposure to bright light and certain medications may be triggers for the condition.
https://www.yalemedicine.org/conditions/blepharospasm
GenThePerservering
(4,072 posts)no mention of increasing symptoms, just zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
LetMyPeopleVote
(183,847 posts)
