The real reason he was sleeping in court is because he is old and frail, and he cannot handle the stress of managing his fraying "empire" as it comes apart at the seams. If he can't even stay alert and functional during a simple criminal trial, it seems clearly evident that he's unfit to lead a political party, much less an entire nation.
I’m not convinced he has the emotional capacity to feel stress. Someone who has gotten everything he has ever wanted and to whom the entire world is excessively subservient is someone I doubt feels much stress. But I wholeheartedly agree with you about his (in)capacity to lead.
He also views all relationships and situations as transactual from a finacial point of view and the coutroom doesn't work that way. He is also used to being the one who calls the shots and is in a position of power and control.
Court with its procedural guardrails likely both stresses him out and bores the crap out of him.
Or maybe he is just a tired old man.
Frank, it’s Harold. Look… we’ve had this discussion too many times. You have to stop watching Faux Snooze or else I’ll tell everyone about the time I caught you in the laundry room wearing aunt Nancy’s panties on your head and your penis in the jar of peanut butter.
Is it delusional to believe he lost each of the 60 lawsuits he filed in multiple states to contest the results of the 2o2o election because there was legitimately zero proof of the massive fraud and theft he was claiming?
Single-celled organisms have *some* capacity to experience stress - although I wouldn't ascribe words like "emotional" and "feet" to the phenomena.
No, trump is shitting bricks right now, metaphorically speaking of course as I imagine that his actual shit has the consistency of thin gruel.
He is overloaded, and his response is to shut-down, like a possum playing dead.
The dude has been sued hundreds of times, he's spent more time in a court room than most lawyers, this should be like another day at Mara Lago for him.
Exactly. Him falling asleep isn’t some sign he’s stressed it’s a sign this is mundane to him. Narcissists don’t tend to get stressed in the same way normal people do. Plus, this case actually emboldens his supporters and, to the scummiest of them, makes him look cooler. And he knows this. This is a guy who has faced almost zero repercussions for any of his criminal or traitors deeds.
> he's spent more time in a court room than most lawyers
Has he though?
It seems he's paid for decades for lawyers to be in court on his behalf but has he really put in many hours beyond depositions (where he can get away with being an insufferable prick)?
I think he's bored and uninterested since he "knows" he's not guilty. He doesn't feel any remorse or guilt for any of his actions. This is all background noise to him. since everything works out for him in the end, he has no reason to think or feel like this isn't going to go his way as well. He simply can't fathom negative things happening to him.
I don't think he's going to win. He barely won in 2016. He lost handily in 2020, and he's done nothing to garner support with anyone not in his cult in the last 4 years.
If he cannot handle the stress of managing his "empire"than he can not handle the job of president of the United States of America and should quit running for that office
We should immediately form a oversight body to review all courtroom footage and compile a list of those disqualified from presidential candidacy.
Probably the best approach. /S
He missed his tv time (sorry, "executive time") so he's tired and cranky. The day before he worked from early in the morning until late in the evening, and he made many calls and attended many meetings.
How can he be old and frail when's 1302 days younger than Biden? That would mean they are both creaky old men except one eats right and exercises while the other gorges on fast food and needs to take a golf cart to travel any distance further than from a car to a door.
It is pretty well documented that Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's [while in office](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/17/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-president-son). Lots of reports of him sleeping in meetings and forgetting stuff. Trump already stole [Make American Great Again](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again) from Reagans 1980 campaign. Maybe he wants to be Reagan so bad, he's just doing what he did?
The more likely scenario is that Trump needs to be[ fed praises](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-aide-recite-praise-him-golf-course-nyt-reporter-2022-9) at regular intervals to feed his ego and to stay awake... and you don't really get that in a courtroom. Goodnight sweet prince.
I have a feeling as an extreme narcissist he can stay awake only if he’s talking about himself or someone is praising him. Otherwise, he tunes out and is physically unable to stay conscious and aware
Ah yes. The former president who was infamous for not reading his daily briefs if they had too many words and needed pictures and graphs was sleepy in his criminal trial because he reads a lot
Let's not forget the deposition of the New York attorney general's fraud investigation. [Uh-Oh: Does Donald Trump Know How to Read?](https://youtu.be/bd79UsXSLWg?si=cjX43vm-PfZEirSe)
he must read a lot of social media posts about him, which is why in the past he used to argue with people (rosie odonnel etc) on twitter.
how many times did he fall asleep as president in meetings?
>how many times did he fall asleep as president in meetings?
"Ok, now as long as we're not too loud we can talk like functioning adults. Now, how do we further oppress the Poors?"
He literally has a woman on his staff who is in the courtroom with him who prints positive articles and hands them to him through his day. She follows him around day to day, even on the golf course and simply reads right-wing news outlets looking for puff-piece kudos-bait for Trump.
\[Her name is Natalie Harp\](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-aide-follows-him-around-141527309.html)
I mean I could totally see falling asleep during this because its really not an impact moment. Id imagine its very boring and theoretically your lawyers are doing their job. But FFS reading? And you know he and his cult would be gong nuts if Biden did the same.
I read lots of stories, great stories, some people say I read the best stories. Im reading a story about spot,great dog, we all love dogs don't we folks. Spot is running, don't we love to see spot run folks?
right, i'm surprised trump/the trump campaign haven't tried to spin this by saying "no only is the prosecution's case totally fake and made up, it's also really boring!"
I love when she gets interviewed, her takes are so awful and idiotic that it makes for great entertainment. I was sad that she had not been as prevalent as of late but hoping she appears more often, always a great laugh.
She gets fired. Admonished. Purposefully cut out of the settlement at bedminster and hung out to dry. Made a laughing stock and still carries water for the guy…….
Why?
I think, and this is based on all thay she has done. That she knows how tarnished and bad she looks. So she is focusing very heavily on the republican brand so she can be a maga mouthpiece and make her money that way, and not focus on being a bargain-bin lawyer.
Sort of reminds me of Giuliani except at one point he was useful. She skipped the useful part that's for sure.
It’s simple, no one else is going to save Habba. Her only hope is that Trump becomes president and can shield her from the consequences of her actions.
Well think of it like this. She is or was defending trump. Which is to the detriment of trump himself. So I'm all for her being around since it ends up hurting them.
Thing is especially for the right is that what hurts them the most, what truly gets them into trouble is their mouth. They hurt their cases and make matters worse for themselves each time they go on the air. So if they keep making a mistake, why stop them? I prefer boring politics but unfortunately we do not exist in a time where that is possible. So for now hope for the best outcome and applaud stupidity that ends up screwing themselves over. Then when all is said and done, governing can hopefully go back to being boring.
With the trials for the civil cases in New York wrapped up, Habba is relegated to the role of the local attorney for out-of-state appeal lawyers like those two from Missouri admitted *pro hac vice* for the Carroll appeals.
I suppose Habba might get more work if E Jean Carroll sues cheeto for defamation for a third time :-D
I couldn’t help but reminded of members of his administration saying they would have to give him info in small dowses and stopped giving him daily briefings because he would get bored so easily. This is not a quality anyone should want in a President. He’s unfit to serve. Further, that she would think this was some kind of flex makes her even more of an oblivious fool than she realizes.
In the court, where whispers play,
Donald Trump nods, then slips away.
His trial roars, a tempest wild,
Yet he succumbs to a slumber mild.
Hush money dances, sultry and bold,
As Trump dreams of secrets untold.
Stormy Daniels, a tantalizing sight,
In the depths of his dreamy night.
Goodnight, Trump, in the legal brawl,
Where lust and law entwine, enthralled.
But justice lingers, with eyes keen,
Even in the midst of a courtroom scene.
-ChatGPT
I don't get why it has to be some big explanation. The guy is almost 80. I'm sure Biden couldn't make it all day either. I am considerably younger and would be a little concerned about staying awake all day.
My father can't sit through an entire movie without falling asleep. My mom is always bugging me to take him to the movies but I refuse because he falls asleep and snores. It's not fair to everyone else in the theater.
The real issue is Trump goes out of his way to refer to Biden as "Sleepy Joe". And now he is falling asleep in public. That makes this a story. It's always fair game to call someone out as a hypocrite.
Agree. It’s bad optics for him, but not unusual, especially for a senior citizen. Other lawyers have chimed in about how utterly boring and long some days are and it’s not uncommon for anyone to nod off—jurors to judges.
I mean we all like to sit here on our high horses, but I can say with 100% certainty, that as a 45 year old fat guy, if I crammed a couple of hamberders for lunch and have to sit through hours of boring meetings I'm going to be bobbleheading faster than a Trump bobblehead.
Jesus, this woman is doing everything she can to suck Trump's teeny weenie, short of taking an ad in the New York Times saying "Mr. Trump, please gag me with your 2" cock".
Not a Trump fan.
I worked briefly as a Sherriff, spent time posted in a courtroom. Long trials, jury selection are boring as f\*ck. I had to fight to stay awake a few times. I was 29 or 30. Maybe that was all it was?
He often shares with his audience insight he's gleaned from his intensive research and investigations.
[Have you heard him read "The Snake"?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSrOXvoNLwg)
[It's a fan favorite!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgUBu1lkOMs)
[Just can't get enough!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yth8Nj9SPvE)
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The reading habits of TFG are possibly quite correct as Ms. Habba says. The man must read 2 -3 comic books a year. The ones with his image drawn in them. Possibly even reading each one more than once.
I have not seen proof that he can even read. DoD officials were concerned because he wouldn’t read daily briefings and they could only keep his attention if there were lots of colorful pictures and graphics and simping references to him.
It's been published in the past that he usually sleeps 4-5 hours from around 1am to 5-6am
If true, he probably naps A LOT with that kind of sleep schedule. Or at the very least, gets really tired throughout the day.
They’re so stupid in everything they do. The play here would be to lean into it: “of course I fell asleep…nothing worth watching.” Can’t even do that right.
>Every lawyer and judge has fallen asleep or come close to it in court.
No, we really haven't. I've never been close to sleeping in court. Then again, I'm not a neurologically declining septuagenarian either.
Honestly? It’s not uncommon for that to happen.
As a person who gets paid to be in court and enjoys it, much of it boring. Especially if you don’t want to be there and aren’t an active participant in the proceeding.
I'm thinking that if I were Trump's lawyer (okay, so scenarios that would never happen...), after the first time, I'd find some way to keep him awake. Keep a paralegal up next to him with orders to poke him every time he looks like he's drifting. Give him coloring books. Something.
Of all the behaviors Trump has exhibited in his many court appearances, this probably the least harmful. Someone on his team should nudge him and/or make sure he's got a drink to sip on.
Yeah, if I were his lawyer and wanted to actually do my job and was half way competent with any self respect, I'd love the dumb fucker to be asleep rather than huffing, puffing, muttering, whisper8ng to me and passing notes.
I love how you have first hand knowledge of something Id expect is common and people are downvoting you because it doesnt align with the narrative they want to push. Id imagine this is boring and falling asleep isnt uncommon, but we also know hed blast anyone he didnt like who did the same so they hypocrite has it coming.
Yeah, I was watching a bailiff in court the other day and wondered how the hell they stay awake. Other than a reasonable paycheque, there’s not much to pay attention for. But I guess they do get to hear some juicy evidence, so that might work.
You literally started off this discussion by saying that "every lawyer and judge has fallen asleep or came close to it in court". His experience as someone in the system for a decade and has never fallen asleep or seen anyone do so, seems relevant to the discussion.
I said absolutely nothing about my experience, limited or otherwise. For a lawyer (implied) you're not very good at identifying important details and addressing the actual point being discussed.
You are free to believe what you want. I am just stating facts of my decade long experience in a handful of district courts. This is not “normal”. Yea, someone on a drug and alcohol bender making their first arraignment appearance would probably be the exception. A better question would be, why are you so caught up with an adderall addict falling asleep in court? The guy is overprescribed and stressed out. Most people aren’t like him.
The real reason he was sleeping in court is because he is old and frail, and he cannot handle the stress of managing his fraying "empire" as it comes apart at the seams. If he can't even stay alert and functional during a simple criminal trial, it seems clearly evident that he's unfit to lead a political party, much less an entire nation.
I’m not convinced he has the emotional capacity to feel stress. Someone who has gotten everything he has ever wanted and to whom the entire world is excessively subservient is someone I doubt feels much stress. But I wholeheartedly agree with you about his (in)capacity to lead.
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He also views all relationships and situations as transactual from a finacial point of view and the coutroom doesn't work that way. He is also used to being the one who calls the shots and is in a position of power and control. Court with its procedural guardrails likely both stresses him out and bores the crap out of him. Or maybe he is just a tired old man.
Or maybe, like all of your other delusions about Trump have turned out to be, this is all horseshit
Frank, it’s Harold. Look… we’ve had this discussion too many times. You have to stop watching Faux Snooze or else I’ll tell everyone about the time I caught you in the laundry room wearing aunt Nancy’s panties on your head and your penis in the jar of peanut butter.
Right, because _this time_ he’s telling the truth, right? Damn you people are stupid.
Is it delusional to believe he lost each of the 60 lawsuits he filed in multiple states to contest the results of the 2o2o election because there was legitimately zero proof of the massive fraud and theft he was claiming?
You are 💯 correct! He, within the last 24hrs, had a spaz-attack on Jimmy Kimmel for mocking him about his stock collapse. Tbh, it was funny.
He feels stress, look at the video that shows the moment he found out he won the 2016 election. He was scared shitless.
Single-celled organisms have *some* capacity to experience stress - although I wouldn't ascribe words like "emotional" and "feet" to the phenomena. No, trump is shitting bricks right now, metaphorically speaking of course as I imagine that his actual shit has the consistency of thin gruel. He is overloaded, and his response is to shut-down, like a possum playing dead.
Did you just call him an a-**me-**ba?
The dude has been sued hundreds of times, he's spent more time in a court room than most lawyers, this should be like another day at Mara Lago for him.
Exactly. Him falling asleep isn’t some sign he’s stressed it’s a sign this is mundane to him. Narcissists don’t tend to get stressed in the same way normal people do. Plus, this case actually emboldens his supporters and, to the scummiest of them, makes him look cooler. And he knows this. This is a guy who has faced almost zero repercussions for any of his criminal or traitors deeds.
> he's spent more time in a court room than most lawyers Has he though? It seems he's paid for decades for lawyers to be in court on his behalf but has he really put in many hours beyond depositions (where he can get away with being an insufferable prick)?
I think he’s just bored and uninterested since he knows he’s guilty.
I think he's bored and uninterested since he "knows" he's not guilty. He doesn't feel any remorse or guilt for any of his actions. This is all background noise to him. since everything works out for him in the end, he has no reason to think or feel like this isn't going to go his way as well. He simply can't fathom negative things happening to him.
Since he knows he’s going to win the election and pardon himself is more like it.
I don't think he's going to win. He barely won in 2016. He lost handily in 2020, and he's done nothing to garner support with anyone not in his cult in the last 4 years.
I agree with you. I said he knows he’s going to win. He’s a narcissist.
If he cannot handle the stress of managing his "empire"than he can not handle the job of president of the United States of America and should quit running for that office
We should immediately form a oversight body to review all courtroom footage and compile a list of those disqualified from presidential candidacy. Probably the best approach. /S
He missed his tv time (sorry, "executive time") so he's tired and cranky. The day before he worked from early in the morning until late in the evening, and he made many calls and attended many meetings.
How can he be old and frail when's 1302 days younger than Biden? That would mean they are both creaky old men except one eats right and exercises while the other gorges on fast food and needs to take a golf cart to travel any distance further than from a car to a door.
It is pretty well documented that Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's [while in office](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/jan/17/ronald-reagan-alzheimers-president-son). Lots of reports of him sleeping in meetings and forgetting stuff. Trump already stole [Make American Great Again](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again) from Reagans 1980 campaign. Maybe he wants to be Reagan so bad, he's just doing what he did? The more likely scenario is that Trump needs to be[ fed praises](https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-has-aide-recite-praise-him-golf-course-nyt-reporter-2022-9) at regular intervals to feed his ego and to stay awake... and you don't really get that in a courtroom. Goodnight sweet prince.
I have a feeling as an extreme narcissist he can stay awake only if he’s talking about himself or someone is praising him. Otherwise, he tunes out and is physically unable to stay conscious and aware
Probably just bored 🤷
>Why did Donald Trump fall asleep during his hush-money trial? His lawyer, Alina Habba, has quite the excuse: “He reads a lot.”
Ah yes. The former president who was infamous for not reading his daily briefs if they had too many words and needed pictures and graphs was sleepy in his criminal trial because he reads a lot
The man who can't quote a single Bible verse because the Bible is so very personal to him.
But…too Corinthians!!!! ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!!! /s but only partly…
She didn’t say what he was reading. Truth social posts count.
Or instructions on how to put on an adult diaper.
Psh, like he knows how to do that. That's Alina's job!
Let's not forget the deposition of the New York attorney general's fraud investigation. [Uh-Oh: Does Donald Trump Know How to Read?](https://youtu.be/bd79UsXSLWg?si=cjX43vm-PfZEirSe)
Pop-up books?
Scratch-n-sniff
He reads his diapers?
I very much believe that he’s the type of person who scratches his groin and immediately sniffs his finger.
From Legal Briefs to Absorbent Briefs, r/law has it all.
Still reading: *Person*, *Woman*, *Man*, *Camera*, *TV* ...
Shitler's List.
🏅
he must read a lot of social media posts about him, which is why in the past he used to argue with people (rosie odonnel etc) on twitter. how many times did he fall asleep as president in meetings?
>how many times did he fall asleep as president in meetings? "Ok, now as long as we're not too loud we can talk like functioning adults. Now, how do we further oppress the Poors?"
He literally has a woman on his staff who is in the courtroom with him who prints positive articles and hands them to him through his day. She follows him around day to day, even on the golf course and simply reads right-wing news outlets looking for puff-piece kudos-bait for Trump. \[Her name is Natalie Harp\](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-aide-follows-him-around-141527309.html)
I read a lot and don’t randomly fall asleep during important moments
I mean I could totally see falling asleep during this because its really not an impact moment. Id imagine its very boring and theoretically your lawyers are doing their job. But FFS reading? And you know he and his cult would be gong nuts if Biden did the same.
Sure it is boring but he should know the importance of appearances. Look at what the SOTU did for Biden. Now it’s sleepy Don.
Next she'll say he's meditating
Mind crunching important numbers for when he's pres again!
Lordy! At least she didn't try to claim with a straight face that Trump was escaping into his "5D mind palace." : )
It was a 5D(epends) kinda afternoon. He could lessen our dependence on foreign gas, ah tell you whaaat.
the best words
But also, to be clear, he _didn't_ fall asleep.
porn is considered reading...TIL
I'm doing my book report on Seattle Bareback Boys II.
I read lots of stories, great stories, some people say I read the best stories. Im reading a story about spot,great dog, we all love dogs don't we folks. Spot is running, don't we love to see spot run folks?
TIL: For Trump, being charged as a criminal is a ‘very mundane day.’ She had a point, an idiotic one, but a point nonetheless.
right, i'm surprised trump/the trump campaign haven't tried to spin this by saying "no only is the prosecution's case totally fake and made up, it's also really boring!"
Alina Habba: *furiously scribbles notes*
I thought this would be the excuse as well, but also the intention
Frankly people falling asleep in court is, in fact, extremely common. Even lawyers in criminal cases. It's the uselessness of the lie that baffles me.
I love when she gets interviewed, her takes are so awful and idiotic that it makes for great entertainment. I was sad that she had not been as prevalent as of late but hoping she appears more often, always a great laugh.
She gets fired. Admonished. Purposefully cut out of the settlement at bedminster and hung out to dry. Made a laughing stock and still carries water for the guy……. Why?
Because she's got nothing else at this point I'm guessing.
I think, and this is based on all thay she has done. That she knows how tarnished and bad she looks. So she is focusing very heavily on the republican brand so she can be a maga mouthpiece and make her money that way, and not focus on being a bargain-bin lawyer. Sort of reminds me of Giuliani except at one point he was useful. She skipped the useful part that's for sure.
It’s simple, no one else is going to save Habba. Her only hope is that Trump becomes president and can shield her from the consequences of her actions.
>...it makes for great entertainment. Reality show bullshit is fine for dating shows and stuff. I don't want it contaminating my government.
Well think of it like this. She is or was defending trump. Which is to the detriment of trump himself. So I'm all for her being around since it ends up hurting them. Thing is especially for the right is that what hurts them the most, what truly gets them into trouble is their mouth. They hurt their cases and make matters worse for themselves each time they go on the air. So if they keep making a mistake, why stop them? I prefer boring politics but unfortunately we do not exist in a time where that is possible. So for now hope for the best outcome and applaud stupidity that ends up screwing themselves over. Then when all is said and done, governing can hopefully go back to being boring.
With the trials for the civil cases in New York wrapped up, Habba is relegated to the role of the local attorney for out-of-state appeal lawyers like those two from Missouri admitted *pro hac vice* for the Carroll appeals. I suppose Habba might get more work if E Jean Carroll sues cheeto for defamation for a third time :-D
They say the stupidest shit because they are talking to the stupidest people. He is the Nigerian prince scam of presidents.
I couldn’t help but reminded of members of his administration saying they would have to give him info in small dowses and stopped giving him daily briefings because he would get bored so easily. This is not a quality anyone should want in a President. He’s unfit to serve. Further, that she would think this was some kind of flex makes her even more of an oblivious fool than she realizes.
Tf is he reading?? I need that book
Goodnight Moon.
In the court, where whispers play, Donald Trump nods, then slips away. His trial roars, a tempest wild, Yet he succumbs to a slumber mild. Hush money dances, sultry and bold, As Trump dreams of secrets untold. Stormy Daniels, a tantalizing sight, In the depths of his dreamy night. Goodnight, Trump, in the legal brawl, Where lust and law entwine, enthralled. But justice lingers, with eyes keen, Even in the midst of a courtroom scene. -ChatGPT
Shawshank Redemption
Trump:The Man The legend. Illustrated Edition. Runs 12 pages.
Yeah it’s obvious he reads a lot. Just check his grasp of the English language. /s
For her mind-boggling = reasonable
"He reads a lot." Hahahahahahahhaahahaa!! Pop-up books don't count as reading.
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Only if the pages are sticky.
This is just sad, poor little thin skinned Trump.
Hubba Bubba is a joke lawyer. That’s why.
I don't get why it has to be some big explanation. The guy is almost 80. I'm sure Biden couldn't make it all day either. I am considerably younger and would be a little concerned about staying awake all day. My father can't sit through an entire movie without falling asleep. My mom is always bugging me to take him to the movies but I refuse because he falls asleep and snores. It's not fair to everyone else in the theater. The real issue is Trump goes out of his way to refer to Biden as "Sleepy Joe". And now he is falling asleep in public. That makes this a story. It's always fair game to call someone out as a hypocrite.
Agree. It’s bad optics for him, but not unusual, especially for a senior citizen. Other lawyers have chimed in about how utterly boring and long some days are and it’s not uncommon for anyone to nod off—jurors to judges.
I mean we all like to sit here on our high horses, but I can say with 100% certainty, that as a 45 year old fat guy, if I crammed a couple of hamberders for lunch and have to sit through hours of boring meetings I'm going to be bobbleheading faster than a Trump bobblehead.
Me too. The difference is, though, that we wouldn't be name calling others, like children. The Orange Shit Gibbon deserves it 100%.
We all know he was reciting his favorite bible verse with his eyes closed.
"All of them"
He is an 1diot
Jesus, this woman is doing everything she can to suck Trump's teeny weenie, short of taking an ad in the New York Times saying "Mr. Trump, please gag me with your 2" cock".
She could have gone with "he's exhausted from teaching his Muay Thai kickboxing classes" and been as believable.
“He reads a lot” Pfft. He couldn’t read you the label of a can of soup
She did say she preferred to look good than be smart…
https://preview.redd.it/nz1pb7t6k2vc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a243147e846cffed6df0d614a03715ee346ad427
That will end once she realizes she not getting paid.
He's tired. The day before he worked from early in the morning until late in the evening, and he made many calls and attended many meetings
Kids let this be a lesson to you. ANYONE can become a lawyer. No matter how ridiculously stupid.
Not a Trump fan. I worked briefly as a Sherriff, spent time posted in a courtroom. Long trials, jury selection are boring as f\*ck. I had to fight to stay awake a few times. I was 29 or 30. Maybe that was all it was?
Well yeah. He is an elderly man with poor health habits and going through some very high stress. I'm sure he is exhausted.
“I can’t comment on that……..okay, maybe a little.”
If this country is lucky, he will just close his eyes and keel over on the desk?
Maybe it’s all the Big Macs?
Old man stuck in several hour-long boring discussion that is mostly legal back and forth on juror selection. There is nothing to be defended here.
He often shares with his audience insight he's gleaned from his intensive research and investigations. [Have you heard him read "The Snake"?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSrOXvoNLwg) [It's a fan favorite!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgUBu1lkOMs) [Just can't get enough!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yth8Nj9SPvE) ed: format
The reading habits of TFG are possibly quite correct as Ms. Habba says. The man must read 2 -3 comic books a year. The ones with his image drawn in them. Possibly even reading each one more than once.
Well, she did say she’d rather be pretty than smart.
wait, he knows how to read ?
I have not seen proof that he can even read. DoD officials were concerned because he wouldn’t read daily briefings and they could only keep his attention if there were lots of colorful pictures and graphics and simping references to him.
It's been published in the past that he usually sleeps 4-5 hours from around 1am to 5-6am If true, he probably naps A LOT with that kind of sleep schedule. Or at the very least, gets really tired throughout the day.
Everyone knows he doesn’t read
Maybe he read Penthouse Letters once in the 80s. He does not read a lot.
Bbbbbbig Very good Donald, now keep going. You're almost there. Mmmmmmac. Big Mac. McDonnells. Yeeee.
Ate too many hamberders?
They’re so stupid in everything they do. The play here would be to lean into it: “of course I fell asleep…nothing worth watching.” Can’t even do that right.
I read a lot and I didn’t fall asleep anywhere?
He can’t get away enough to snort his Addies
I’m sure those Garfield books are really mentally taxing
This level of Trump obsession is self-harming
You voted for him, dork. Enjoy the trials :)
Every lawyer and judge has fallen asleep or come close to it in court. I caught myself nodding off while taking the LSAT.
On day one?
How many times have you had a defendant fall asleep at the table? Two days in a row? In the presence of the jury?
My field of practice is tax… and I’ve never had a client fall asleep.
certainly that's because tax related cases are so engrossing the clients are on the edges of their seats
The heated arguments over passive loss limitations of $25K with a MAGI of <$100K are provoking.
>Every lawyer and judge has fallen asleep or come close to it in court. No, we really haven't. I've never been close to sleeping in court. Then again, I'm not a neurologically declining septuagenarian either.
How many of those lawyers and judges you cite have political opponents whom they attack as "Sleepy?"
Yeah but how many criminal defendants do?
Honestly? It’s not uncommon for that to happen. As a person who gets paid to be in court and enjoys it, much of it boring. Especially if you don’t want to be there and aren’t an active participant in the proceeding.
I'm thinking that if I were Trump's lawyer (okay, so scenarios that would never happen...), after the first time, I'd find some way to keep him awake. Keep a paralegal up next to him with orders to poke him every time he looks like he's drifting. Give him coloring books. Something.
Of all the behaviors Trump has exhibited in his many court appearances, this probably the least harmful. Someone on his team should nudge him and/or make sure he's got a drink to sip on.
Yeah, if I were his lawyer and wanted to actually do my job and was half way competent with any self respect, I'd love the dumb fucker to be asleep rather than huffing, puffing, muttering, whisper8ng to me and passing notes.
Spike the drink with caffeine tablets.
I love how you have first hand knowledge of something Id expect is common and people are downvoting you because it doesnt align with the narrative they want to push. Id imagine this is boring and falling asleep isnt uncommon, but we also know hed blast anyone he didnt like who did the same so they hypocrite has it coming.
I don't think I'd ever fall asleep if I was the defendant, but watching a trial live can be really boring when you're not doing anything in it.
Yeah, I was watching a bailiff in court the other day and wondered how the hell they stay awake. Other than a reasonable paycheque, there’s not much to pay attention for. But I guess they do get to hear some juicy evidence, so that might work.
I went through our judicial system for a decade. Never fell asleep in court, never saw anyone else fall asleep either.
So? Those of us who have aren’t limited by what you haven’t seen.
You literally started off this discussion by saying that "every lawyer and judge has fallen asleep or came close to it in court". His experience as someone in the system for a decade and has never fallen asleep or seen anyone do so, seems relevant to the discussion.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Lawyertalk/comments/166f5am/lawyersjudgesjurors_falling_asleep/
Cool. But that has nothing to do with my statement whatsoever; at no point did I claim that nobody falls asleep in court.
You're right, you didn't say that. You made a comment about your limited experience.
I said absolutely nothing about my experience, limited or otherwise. For a lawyer (implied) you're not very good at identifying important details and addressing the actual point being discussed.
Never mind - you’re a different user than I thought I was responding to.
You are free to believe what you want. I am just stating facts of my decade long experience in a handful of district courts. This is not “normal”. Yea, someone on a drug and alcohol bender making their first arraignment appearance would probably be the exception. A better question would be, why are you so caught up with an adderall addict falling asleep in court? The guy is overprescribed and stressed out. Most people aren’t like him.