There has been a lot of talk lately about Trump showing his age. This was, of course, inevitable, as the man is approaching 80 years old. There is no reason whatsoever for anyone to disparage the elderly or propound agism. We are all getting older every single day, and the lucky ones will survive long enough to go through the exact same problems. But only one guy happens to be president, a job that requires singular focus and incredible stamina. The president should always be in control of the room, and we’ve seen how incidents could impact a past president hitting that age, similar to Biden – there are issues and one must remain objective and note that Trump does have extreme swelling of the ankles, he has bruising, and now appears to be having trouble staying awake. Trump appeared to nod off during a presentation by “Dr. Oz,” the loser in the Pennsylvania Senate race.
From a report in Mediaite:
“We’re gonna have remarkable advances in how consumers can use their own records. We’ll have beneficiaries be able to get MAHA advice and prevention tips and even be able to nudge them and reward them for that,” said Oz as Trump repeatedly closed his eyes for long periods of time.”
Trump could occasionally be seen nodding with his eyes closed and opening his eyes for a few seconds at a time, as if trying to prevent himself from falling asleep.
Trump Struggles Mightily To Keep Eyes Open During Dr. Oz Presentation https://twp.ai/4ipuo7
— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2025-07-30T23:58:33.000Z
Chalking it up to jet lag doesn’t work in a situation where a guy can literally sleep in a bed through the entire trip. I just don’t buy it. Besides, in many situations, there are actually medications that will help with this – you and I can’t get them so easily, but presidents often have ways to medicate themselves through stuff… Unless his heart isn’t strong enough for Adderall anymore, a decent possibility. But we’re getting out over our skis a bit.
Let’s bring it back to what we know. While we all might fall asleep during a presentation by Oz, we don’t have an obligation to at least feign interest in something important enough to insert the president into the middle of it. We don’t know what Oz was presenting (too in the weeds), but that’s the point. It doesn’t matter. Either you show up ready to tackle the subject matter, or you cancel. Presidents also get away with such stuff all the time.
This really does matter on another level. MAGAs love this guy because – to them – he always appears “tough,” the “superman” who can take on anything. To the extent that Trump undeniably shows his age, it hurts him far more than most candidates. We all knew that Biden was getting slower, but held firm in the fact that his wisdom and experience made up for so much – and we didn’t need to consider him as superhuman. This isn’t true of Trump, and the more he appears to be an “old man,” the more it is going to hurt him.
It was inevitable. Without any disrespect to our fantastic parents and grandparents (Or you, dear readers), this is a natural process that is expected. It just isn’t tolerated by the president. It is catching up with him and won’t get better anytime soon. We have all heard the stories about drug use. It’s possible he got an aggressive dose of Ativan or missed a dose of Adderall. But if he’s showing signs like this, it’s possible that it’s all because they are already covering for increasingly major issues.
Things like ankle swelling and nodding off are relatively little things that have a highly disproportionate impact. He has so much pressure on him right now that it is hard to tell which individual issue might have a cascade effect, or whether all of them avalanche together.
As we have noted before. There are limits to what his supporters will take, and they aren’t necessarily the huge issues of the budget and immigration. This stuff impacts him, and it’s best to keep an eye on his behavior day to day.
He is slipping. How fast is yet to be determined.
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I wonder who has the autopen while grandpa takes a nap?
I saw something earlier about how he fell asleep in a press conference with RFK Jr. That must have been some serious sleepies to be able to nod off when that man is talking. Hell, he was nodding off in court *last* year.
Oops, never mind, there’s an earlier piece about it. How embarrassing.