‘On Man’: Trump Talks Big in Memphis — Then Drifts Off the Moment Others Speak as Pam Bondi Raises Her Voice Louder and Louder to Snap Him Back, But His Reaction Steals the Moment
President Donald Trump took a trip down south to Memphis, Tennessee, accompanied by United States Attorney General Pam Bondi, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and FBI Director Kash Patel.
Trump visited the Home of the Blues to boast about his team’s accomplishments, but what happened during the roundtable didn’t exactly instill confidence in his ability to govern an administration of people, let alone much else.
While there, the team attended the Memphis Safe Task Force Roundtable meeting held at the Memphis Air National Guard Base.
Trump entered the room to one of his staple songs — “God Bless the USA.” However, the former “Celebrity Apprentice” reality TV star quickly lost his energy as the meeting went on.
Trump is known to fall asleep during multiple public events, both at home and abroad, and he even once fell asleep while he was standing up.
Footage of the napping commander in chief was shared on social media with the caption, “Trump is out.” Additional footage of him falling asleep as Bondi praised the twice-impeached president was also shared online, and it captured her looking at Trump as he slept.
‘Some people chose to tolerate crime, but you chose law and order and that’s why this task force works,” she went on about working with Patel, Hegseth, and other agencies.
Trump’s eyes began to open and close as he anticipated Bondi looking at him.
“When we came out to Memphis, you could not tell who was working with what agency,” said Bondi as she looked over at Trump to do a temperature check. “Because everyone was working so well together.”
The president continued, drifting in and out of sleep, forcing Bondi to begin raising her voice even louder despite the microphone sitting in front of her.
She kept talking after she noticed ” Sleepy Trump,” saying, “We’ve met with this president multiple times,’ as her voice octave went up several notches again.
It wasn’t until she pointed out a Memphis resident sitting in the audience, followed by Stephen Miller’s efforts, that Trump sat up and smiled into the crowd as if no one saw.
It’s unclear if this was one of his usual catnaps or if he was over Bondi’s over-the-top praise.
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Whatever the reason, the internet had a field day as folks dragged Trump for his public napping.
“He’s definitely sleeping,” noted one Threads user while another noticed, “He doesn’t blink the entire time.” A third user noticed, “He is even rocking.” In response to a caption that read, “Trump is out,” another replied, “Oh man! I thought you meant he was out of a job, not out like a light. Hahaha!!”
Trump often called former President Joe Biden, and folks referenced his dig in the comment section. “And he wanna talk about ‘Sleepy Joe.’”
A third user joked, “This is what MAGA considers an alpha male.”
All tuckered out from a weekend of golf
‘They gotta stop putting him at long events where somebody boring speaks on an echoey microphone’
On Instagram, Another user wondered how Trump could sleep through Bondi’s piercing voice.
“Imagine how sleepy you are to snooze through that shrilling voice of Pam Bondi.”
Trump also took a public snooze last January as Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke at the Mar-a-Lago club in West Palm Beach, Florida, about the military operation in Venezuela that captured President Nicolas Maduro.
The Memphis Safety Task Force was deployed to the city in September, and it has reportedly reduced crime by 45 percent, arrested 7,200 people, seized almost 1,200 illegal firearms, and allegedly located 150 missing children. The force includes members of the National Guard and federal agents.
Democratic Tennessee congressman Steve Cohen objected to the task force while speaking with reporters. “We don’t need ICE, and we don’t need the National Guard,” he said. “Everything he does is guided towards him and his family’s wealth,” he added about the president.
Despite the opposition from city leaders, Trump said he will not remove the task force from Memphis.