"The explanation came as the White House Rapid Response social media account snapped at Reuters national security correspondent Idrees Ali for posting a photograph of Trump with his eyes closed during the presser on maternal health. Although Ali did not explicitly claim Trump had fallen asleep, the White House appeared to interpret the post that way, replying: He was blinking, you absolute moron."
"Opening Tuesday's show, Morning Joe co-host Mika Brzezinski noted that Trump appeared to be resting his eyes multiple times. Rounding on the tweet from the White House communications team, host Joe Scarborough said: That's a very long blink! That's the longest blink I've ever seen, co-host Jonathan Lemire joined in. As the clip rolled back, Scarborough laughed teasingly and commented, Still blinking! Not a lot of rights and access to health care to talk about, so maybe he fell asleep?"
"Scarborough continued: You know, the thing is, everybody's entitled to sleep. And, you know, I like sleeping, you know, and sometimes you close your eyes, you're in, you know, you get tired, but you remember Sleepy Joe? Both co-hosts said they did. Remember Joe Biden goes to a memorial service in Hawaii, and he closes his eyes for about three seconds, and a lot of people thought it was because he was sad at the tragedy there, and Trump's people just went absolutely crazy?"
"Speaking of Trump, he said: This isn't the first time he's appeared to be taking a catnap in the Oval Office. So again, you know [Ronald] Reagan did it. People do it. OK, that's fine, but you can't just go on and on and on about Sleepy Joe, Sleepy Joe, Sleepy Joe, and then sleep even more in the White House than your predecessor did. Lemire followed: Yeah, they lost their minds"
A White House Rapid Response account rejected speculation that President Donald Trump dozed off during an Oval Office event by saying he was blinking. The response targeted a Reuters national security correspondent after a photo showed Trump with his eyes closed during a maternal health presser. Morning Joe co-hosts reacted by pointing to repeated eye-closed moments and calling the blink unusually long. They joked about Trump’s behavior and contrasted it with prior “Sleepy Joe” criticism aimed at Joe Biden, including a moment when Biden closed his eyes during a memorial service. The hosts also noted that presidents have closed their eyes at times, but argued that Trump’s team criticized Biden while appearing to sleep more than the predecessor.
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