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Trump’s Sycophants Praise Him As He Dozes Off During Oval Office Event

Trump’s male sycophantic cabinet members surrounded him and sang his praises as he dozed off during a White House event about prescription drug prices.

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Sarah Jones & Jason Easley
Aug 31, 2026
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Trump’s supporters and members of his administration gather regularly around the president’s desk to sing his praises and brag about all that has been accomplished that they say only he can do, all the while Donald Trump is taking a nap.

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The president has fallen asleep on evangelical Christians in the Oval Office.

Trump fell asleep multiple times during a women’s health event.

Donald Trump seems to average falling asleep during a public event at least once a month. The president even fell asleep during the 4th of July fireworks.

None of these moments of reality have deterred those around Trump from continuing the charade that he is a functional president.

On Monday, the White House held an event touting its supposed lowering of prescription drug prices, even though studies have shown the claimed price drops are bogus because the administration's math relies on manipulated data, and the White House has never released its methodology for calculating these price decreases.

As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick (R-Jeffrey Epstein) and Dr. Oz spoke, this was Donald Trump:

There was even more to Trump’s slumber.

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