Former President Trump Falls Asleep in Court During Trial, Mocked as ‘Sleepy Don’ – First of Four Criminal Trials Ahead

While this year’s US presidential election is being referred to as a ‘super-age game’, on the 15th (local time) former President Donald Trump, who was the first current or former president of the USA who appeared in a criminal court as a defendant, to capture. in court and said, ‘With that stamina, the president There is a lot of ridicule in asking, ‘What should I do?’

On this day, local foreign media outlets, including the New York Times (NYT), reported that former President Trump, who was present at the sexual assault silence trial, has gone off during the trial. The NYT explained, “Even as the judge listened to the arguments and the lawyer handed him memos, former President Trump glared with his mouth open and his head went down to his chest. The Washington Post (WP) said that although the jury selection process began after lunch, former President Trump’s eyelids continued to close, so the defense team filled his glass with drink and gave strange looks.

The problem is that former President Trump has been attacking 82-year-old President Joe Biden for his advanced age, saying that he It’s called sleepy joe. However, he also showed himself going off in court. Former President Trump is 78 years old and is only 4 years older than President Biden. However, the trial that day was not broadcast on TV, so only a few reporters were watching the scene.

The Democratic Party did not miss the opportunity. Former White House communications director Kate Bedingfield mocked former President Trump by calling him “Sleepy Don”, a nickname he gave to President Biden. Dan Piper, former senior counsel to former President Barack Obama, said, “If Trump is too old and frail to even stay awake during his criminal trial, what will happen in the courtroom (after he became president)? “

Meanwhile, this trial was the first of four upcoming criminal trials against former President Trump and the only one held before a presidential election – the sitting of Samhna. The allegation is that when former porn actress Stormy Daniels tried to publicize her relationship just before the 2016 presidential election, former President Trump gave her money and then created e documents by showing this in the company’s accounting books.

Reporter Lee Cheong-ah clearlee@donga.com