Donald Trump appeared to fall asleep again live on television as concerns over his health continue.
The US president seemed to drop off in public for the second time this week, this time while hosting leaders from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. He was signing agreements with the Congo and Rwanda which the White House expects to unlock new opportunities for the US to access critical minerals.
It comes after Trump looked like he dozed off during his own cabinet meeting on Monday. While Secretary of State Marco Rubio talked about the war in Ukraine, Trump’s head lolled forwards and his eyes closed, and at points he seemed dangerously close to the edge of his chair.
In the latest occasion he again seemed to be struggling to keep his eyes open during the proceedings. And one online commentator, who describes himself as a Democrat, shared a video of the Republican president, writing on X: “Trump just fell asleep again. This keeps happening. He’s obviously not okay and anyone who believes he’s healthy is lying to themselves. We’re screwed.”
Trump welcomed Presidents Felix Tshisekedi of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda, as well as several officials from other African nations who travelled to Washington to witness the signing, in the same week he contemptuously derided the war-torn country of Somalia and said he did he did not want immigrants from the East African nation in the US.
The signing of a peace agreement in Washington gave Trump another opportunity to boast about his success on the television, but his clear tiredness means questions about his health will continue.
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On Monday, a Cabinet meeting was being held where Rubio was talking about the challenge of getting a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. But viewers were distracted by Trump’s state, with one tweeting: “Trump falls asleep as Rubio talks about the war in Ukraine!”
Another echoed: “OMG, Trump actually publicly fell asleep during his cabinet meeting at 2pm. MAGA won’t be able to explain this low stamina away. He was up all night posting and didn’t sleep!”
“Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him, directly next to him. Just insane optics,” someone else agreed.
Trump continues to face mounting fears over his health, despite the White House insisting that he remains in “exceptional health.”
Last month Trump was filmed clutching tightly the handrails leaving Marine One as an expert has raised dementia questions. He was descending the steps from the helicopter in Washington DC before making his way to the waiting Air Force One which took him to Palm Beach.
The commander-in-chief was also spotted limping up the stairs to Air Force One in June. The way he has been seen favouring his left leg has raised the question of whether this could be a sign of dementia.
It was noted how Trump was making certain that he firmly placed down his left leg. The person captioning the video wrote: “That left leg is doing all the heavy lifting. He’s really making sure that it’s firmly placed.”
After the incident, a psychologist pointed to a “telltale” indicator in Trump’s right leg that could be a symptom of a specific type of dementia.
“If you watch the way he walks, he has what they call a leg swing, where his right he kind of swings it in a semicircle like it’s a dead weight, and he’s just kind of swinging it around,” Dr. John Gartner explained.
He added: “”It’s very apparent in some tape and not so much in others, but that right leg swing is considered to be very diagnostic of a specific type of dementia, Frontotemporal dementia.”