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Trump Falls Asleep In Front Of Reporters, But Wakes Up Long Enough To Endanger Kids

Trump fell asleep during a White House event in front of reporters, but he did stay awake long enough to sign an executive order on vaccinations that will endanger children.

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Jason Easley
Aug 10, 2026
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Every single time the White House touts a big Oval Office event, Trump can be counted on to show up and remind everyone how unimportant it is by falling asleep.

On Monday, Trump held an event to sign an executive order that would change the childhood vaccination schedule, and this is what he did:

The guy just came off a weekend where he did nothing but play golf, and he can’t stay awake on a Monday afternoon.

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Trump’s executive order calls for the spacing out of the administration of childhood vaccinations over multiple appointments against the advice of medical experts.

When he was asked about the possible downsides to this change, Trump said:

 Why does the establishment media so often seem to be against even asking questions about vaccines? It's amazing. When you come up with a recommendation for a vaccine, it could be the medical groups, the pharmaceutical groups, I don't know, you know. But, uh, it is amazing.

There's nothing that we lose with this. If, if-- The worst thing that would happen would be nothing happens. There's-- We're not gonna lose anything. At the same time, we could gain tremendous... We could save hundreds of thousands of lives, millions of lives, and I wish we could have done it a long time ago. You know, we got stopped by courts.

Actually, nothing happening would be the best outcome. The worst outcome is very bad.

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