president Donald Trump He was seen with his eyes closed on Thursday, leading to claims he had fallen asleep. Visuals from the Oval Office White House In the photo, the Republican president, wearing a blue suit and yellow tie, appears to be leaning back in his chair and falling asleep.
“Trump dozes off as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, U.S., June 4, 2026,” pro-Democratic publication MeidasTouch wrote Pro-Democratic political influencer Harry Thiessen also shared a video of Trump appearing to be asleep, writing “Trump passed out in the Oval Office now. It’s the 25th Amendment now!”. you can watch the video here.
The photo of Trump with his eyes closed was widely shared, including on Facebook. “Trump fell asleep again today,” one person wrote.
This is the day after the Secretary of State takes office Marco Rubio accused of lying The congressional panel made the suggestion when he was asked about Trump falling asleep during meetings.
Rep. Ted Lieu, D-Calif., asked Rubio about Trump’s sleep when he appeared before the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. The secretary of state responded that he had never seen Trump fall asleep in any meeting and claimed that the president gets very little sleep. Rubio went on to recount an incident in which Trump would sometimes call him at odd hours of the night and said Rubio himself needed six hours of sleep.
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Shortly thereafter, Liu showed Rubio a video in which Trump appeared to fall asleep next to the secretary of state as he spoke. “As you’re talking, you’ll see he’s sleeping,” Liu said of Rubio. As Rubio rushed to Trump’s defense, the congressman said: “Keep lying, keep lying.”
Trump’s latest public absence raises concerns
The 79-year-old Trump has disappeared from public view for nearly a week, sparking widespread concerns that Trump was allegedly asleep. Trump’s last news conference was in late May, and after about a week without seeing the president, speculation about his health began to spread.
Notably, Trump had a heated exchange with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins during an interview with reporters yesterday, in which those remarks were retracted. When the latter asked the President of the United States about the retribution fund, Trump went on to say that he thought the fund was a good idea. He then brought up Collins’ past and said she was “a conservative from Alabama,” to which the reporter immediately replied that she was still from Alabama. Trump again asked Collins to smile, a comment that has drawn backlash from him in the past.
However, the appearance dispelled any doubts about Trump’s health. Despite past speculation and even medical insights into the possible medical condition, the White House and Trump maintain that the president was given a clean bill of health during a check-up at Walter Reed Hospital.
