The defense Trump posted on Truth Social is about as believable as claiming his dog ate documents about his hush-money payments.
Donald Trump often denies stories in a way that just provides more evidence that the underlying claim is true. For example, months after the New York Times first reported that Trump was stressing about finding a good nickname for Ron DeSantis, he declared he “doesn’t even think about it,” seemingly confirming that he’d been stewing for some time. And in February, weeks after an anonymously sourced report claimed Trump was obsessing about Taylor Swift endorsing Joe Biden, the former president went on Truth Social and practically begged the pop star not to back his opponent.
Now Trump is at it again. He posted this defense of his frequent naps during his hush-money trial to Truth Social on Thursday afternoon:
Last month, Rolling Stone reported that Trump “has privately raged over … reports that he can’t stop dozing off” in court. The story was pretty embarrassing for Trump; it claimed his perceived enemies (journalists and late-night talk-show hosts) were really getting under his skin by mocking his courtroom antics. Nevertheless, everyone would have forgotten the story fairly quickly if Trump had (a) ignored it and (b) managed to keep his eyes open during his hush-money trial.
Instead, Trump fell asleep in court for a fourth time on Wednesday. And now he’s posted this absurd defense, which doesn’t explain why reporters keep seeing him closing his eyes, dropping his chin to his chest, and letting his head jerk “in a way consistent with sleeping,” as one reporter put it.
But, sure, Trump is just determined to “take it ALL in!!!” as he’s forced to sit through the “Crooked D.A.’s Witch Hunt.” And maybe his nonexistent dog ate some key documents about his hush-money payments.
