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"publishedAt": "2026-04-23T20:22:07.000Z",
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"Politics",
"Republicans",
"Republican Party",
"United States",
"Donald Trump",
"Gerontocracy",
"Health",
"umpteenth",
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"textContent": "Our nearly 80-year-old president appears to have nodded off during a meeting, for the umpteenth time.\n\nPresident Trump’s eyes grew visibly heavy around the halfway point of his televised announcement of a deal with drug company Regeneron on Thursday afternoon, closing fully and reopening multiple times while suited Cabinet members and pharmaceutical executives stood behind him in the Oval Office.\n\n> Trump is about to hit REM on camera during an Oval Office event. It's just incredible. pic.twitter.com/h0BwcHLURJ\n>\n> — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 23, 2026\n\nThis is the same man who keeps calling former President Joe Biden “Sleepy Joe.”\n\nThe last time Trump dozed off publicly was last month during a Cabinet meeting while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ranted against the media’s coverage of the U.S.-Israeli joint war on Iran and Lebanon. And just days before that, he seemed to fall asleep at a press conference about his Memphis Task Force. From the power naps to the unhinged, genocidal Truth Social posts, there is a wealth of evidence that would—at the very least—lead us to question Trump’s present mental acuity.",
"title": "Trump, 79, Falls Asleep After Bragging That He’s Solved Health Care"
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