President Joe Biden appeared to suffer an awkward nap attack during an MSNBC interview that aired Friday, in just the most recent example of the president’s dangerous cognitive decline (and of the corporate press totally ignoring that it happened).
In a conversation with MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart about (ironically) his plans to run for a second term, Biden’s eyelids drooped and he started nodding off, creating an embarrassing pause. It prompted Capehart to smile awkwardly and say “Mr. President…” and then “ope!” as Biden’s eyes fluttered open.
“Dr. Biden thinks that uh, my wife thinks that uh, [long pause] that I uh, that we’re, that we’re doing something very important,” the president sputtered.
Joe Biden seems to legit fall asleep during this interview. He just keeps getting worse: pic.twitter.com/4quPIC9fbJ
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) October 22, 2022
It’s not the first time Biden has appeared to fall asleep in the course of his presidential duties. In a July summit in Saudi Arabia, he was caught on video in what looked like an incident of catching Zs during a speech by Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. (At least the latter is relatable, as nodding off in a one-on-one interview takes even more nerve than snoozing through a long-winded speech.)
Watch him at the 20:12 minute mark:
Biden appears to fall asleep during COP26 opening speeches pic.twitter.com/az8NZTWanI
— Zach Purser Brown (@zachjourno) November 1, 2021
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