George Conway, Jen Psaki, Gleefully Mock Trump’s Denial That He’s Sleeping In Court

I’m not sure why Donald Trump is denying this — there are plenty of clips of him nodding off in the Manhattan courtroom during his criminal trial. But denying this is exactly what he’s doing, and George Conway and Jen Psaki aren’t buying what he’s selling. Truthfully, most of us aren’t.

Donald Trump is, after all turning 78 in June, and the court proceedings are long. He should, of course, be worried about the outcome of his trial, not to mention what this is doing to his campaign, but if he is, he’s certainly not showing it by napping in court.

And earlier Thursday, Trump to Truth Social to deny that he’s snoozing in court, Mediaite reports.

So earlier this evening, Psaki and Conway decided to kick it around as Psaki read Trump’s explanation. “I have been wondering all day what you thought of this Trump post,” Psaki told Conway.

“contrary to the fake news media, i don’t fall asleep during the crooked d.a.’s witch hunt, especially not today,” trump thundered on truth social. “i simply close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it all in!!!”

Conway, of course, couldn’t resist smiling, because he has seen this all before.

“that is just so perfect donald trump,” conway replied. “his reputation really has been in the past that he’s sleepy donald. i’v talked to people — journalists — who interviewed him, wrote books about him back in the day and he never showed up in the office at trump tower before 11:00 a.m. or rarely ever, apparently. And we know what he did at the white house. he was not there in the morning. he wasn’t an early riser to read his important briefing books. this is rough on him. he’s got to get up early every morning.”

“not as much diet coke,” Psaki wisecracked.

When court adjourned Thursday, Trump did his usual shtick — lambasted his prosecution and took questions from reporters, and then went on to falsely claim he’s not allowed to testify in his defense.

I have to wonder if Trump is going to understand that his playing-the-victim act doesn’t work on most of us anymore. Sure it works on Republicans who continue to brown-nose him in the hopes he’ll grant them some special favor, and of course the “who’s he gonna pick for Vice President?” rumor mill is running full swing.

But there’s going to be weeks more of him closing his “beautiful blue eyes,” listening intensely, and taking it “all in!!!”

I’ve included the video of Inside With Jen Psaki, and the part where Conway talks about Trump’s sleeping habits starts around the 12-minute mark.

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