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live love laugh

(16,553 posts)
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 10:39 AM Yesterday

A con man "sleeps"

Early social media headlines today show pictures of that POS in the White House “sleeping“ yet again. Online comments gleefully say things like “go to the light”.

Am I the only one to see this behavior as another con; as a massive nonverbal FU? As totally performative?

First of all, he does not appear to be asleep so much as just shutting his eyes. Imagine the power of sucking all the oxygen out of the room by simply shutting your eyes in the hands of a con man. By closing his eyes he’s not so subtly telling the world that he can do anything he wants; that the meeting and the people he’s with can be handled with his eyes closed; that, yes, he called Biden Sleepy Joe but he can “sleep” openly and nobody’s gonna do a damn thing about it because he is above all rules and laws.

Eyes closed nobody talks about how he’s shunned by world leaders or brings absolutely nothing to the table. Eyes closed he gets massive attention which is deeply satisfying to a mega narcissistic ego.

Nothing he says or does should be trusted even “sleeping”. I think the focus should be what he’s not doing and how it benefits him that you are not talking about that. Stop being so easily repeatedly fooled by another performative con job from history’s greatest con man.

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A con man "sleeps" (Original Post) live love laugh Yesterday OP
Good insight. Remember how he repeatedly "slept" during the E. Jean Carroll hearings? n/t Mister Ed Yesterday #1
Sometimes yes it appears that he is just closing his eyes. Diamond_Dog Yesterday #2

Diamond_Dog

(41,424 posts)
2. Sometimes yes it appears that he is just closing his eyes.
Wed Jun 17, 2026, 10:52 AM
Yesterday

To me, it means that he’s either bored by whatever meeting he’s in, or he doesn’t understand what’s going on. So he blocks it all out. He has many minions to do his bidding, so he can afford not to care.

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