By
Margaret Hartmann,
senior editor for Intelligencer who has worked at New York since 2012
Donald Trump won the last presidential election, in part, by successfully taunting “Sleepy Joe” Biden for his decrepitude. So it’s pretty awkward that the president appears to be sleeping in meetings with increasing regularity.
Trump was caught closing his eyes for extended periods on Thursday afternoon during an Oval Office meeting on what he called “Beautiful, Clean Coal.” He rested his eyes for at least 37 seconds while Interior secretary Doug Burgum was speaking:
