- Trump’s estranged niece wiped him down after the former president reportedly fell asleep in court.
- Mary Trump joked that “narcolepsy runs in the family.”
- Trump’s opening remarks in his hush money trial are scheduled to begin on Monday.
Donald Trump’s estranged niece, Mary Trump, says she fears narcolepsy runs in the family after the former president reportedly fell asleep in court. swiped.
According to a report in the New York Times on Monday,the Republican presidential candidate “appeared to nod several times, his mouth slack and his head hanging over his chest” on the first day of his hush money trial in New York.
talked about her uncle’s apparent sleepiness SiriusXM “I’m a little worried that narcolepsy runs in my family,” Mary Trump joked Wednesday.
Narcolepsy is a condition in which the brain struggles to control sleep-wake cycles, leaving patients feeling sleepy throughout most of the day.
Mary Trump said she believes “you cannot underestimate the depth of the narcissistic hurt he is suffering” as a result of the hush money trial, which enters its second week on Monday.
President Joe Biden’s campaign He quickly moved to capitalize on reports of Trump falling asleep, calling the former president a “Sleepy Don.” Trump has been insulting Biden for as long as “Sleepy Joe.”
He was also mocked on social media: Hashtags containing #DonSnorleone.
Mary Trump said of the New York trial: “It’s probably the moment he’s subconsciously feared for the last 55 years.”
“Part of him probably always feared that it would come someday, but he also probably didn’t believe it would happen because he always runs away from everything. And here he is. And believe me, he understands how serious this is,” she said. she said.
Mary Trump has been a vocal critic of her famous relative for years. “He’s a fascist, but he probably doesn’t know what fascist means,” she said in a 2021 interview with Business Insider.
Jurors in Trump’s hush-money trial will be selected this week, with opening statements scheduled for Monday. The former president faces charges that he falsified 34 business records to hide $130,000 in hush money he paid to porn star Stormy Daniels days before the 2016 election.
On Saturday, President Trump took to social media to express his anger at the judge and the circumstances of the trial.
“This fraudulent ‘rush’ trial, taking place in 95% Democratic areas, is a planned and coordinated witch hunt,” he wrote in one of several articles in Blockcap. society of truth Saturday morning post. “Perhaps the most inconsistent judge in judicial history is presiding over this trial and should be immediately removed from this hoax.”