Trump caught Sleeping at the game he ruined

[malaise]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-79-caught-dozing-during-knicks-game-he-ruined/

President Donald Trump was caught with his eyes closed in public yet again, this time during Game 3 of the NBA Finals at Madison Square Garden, where his attendance was decidedly controversial.

After being greeted with rude gestures and critical signs ahead of the game before facing a chorus of deafening boos during the national anthem, the president was recorded later during the game with his eyes closed, appearing to have fallen asleep.

[dalton99a]

1. Yep

[malaise]

3. A shot of sheer beauty

Effin up an entire city to show up and sleep.

[Ritabert]

10. They all look like they're sleeping. Who's that guy next to him?

[niyad]

12. Malaise said Knicks owner in Orrex' daily thread.

[Ritabert]

13. And he's snoozing during his own team's game?

[niyad]

18. So it would seem.

[Maru Kitteh]

41. He looks like he was faking it to cover for Piggy. I hope this

becomes a trend Imagine how entertaining the cabinet meetings will become!

[niyad]

42. Snicker!!!

[Ritabert]

44. LOL! I like it.

[RussBLib]

17. Well, if the pres is sleeping...

…they had to act like they were sleeping too.

So how the fuck do you sleep during a raucous basketball game?

https://russblib.blogspot.com/?m=1

[3catwoman3]

22. My mother used to tell of my father dozing off during an Ethel Merman concert...

...they went before I was born.

[Ritabert]

37. I'm not even a big basketball fan but I'd stay awake.

[YodaMom2]

32. From what I understand,

it may be Boris Epstein (sp?)

[Ritabert]

36. I think it's the Knicks owner Dolan. I looked him up and he has that beard.

[Passages]

2. The menace ruins everything he touches or breathes on.

[malaise]

5. Who the hell creates the chaos he did yesterday to

attend this game and sleep?
He is the personification of a despicable human being.
Enough of this shit.

[Passages]

6. Exactly. Imo, he enjoys being spiteful. He knows he is not welcome here yet his ego rages on.

[malaise]

7. Insecurity on steroids

He is sick

[Passages]

8. Yes. Trump displays so many horrible traits and behaviors. When in history did we ever have a

president, where psychiatrists and criminologists speak out in alarm about the man?!

See what I mean?

The title of the book – Criminology on Trump (Routledge, 2022).
“Over the course of five decades, Donald Trump has been accused of sexual assault, tax evasion, money laundering, non-payment of employees, and the defrauding of tenants, customers, contractors, investors, bankers, and charities,” Barak says. “Yet, he has continued to amass wealth and power.”
https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/gregg-barak-explores-criminology-on-trump/

Gregg Barak is an American criminologist, academic, and author. He is an emeritus professor of criminology and criminal justice at Eastern Michigan University, a former visiting distinguished professor in the College of Justice & Safety at Eastern Kentucky University,[1] and a 2017 Fulbright Scholar in residence at the School of Law, Pontificia Universidade Catholica, Porto Alegre, Brazil.[2] He is most known for his research in the fields of criminology and criminal justice.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregg_Barak

[malaise]

9. That's the truth. - he's the worst of the worst

and then some.

[NJCher]

25. check out this sentence from the Wiki bio

of Barak. This is a comment from a reviewer on subject book:

snip

Michael J. Lynch appreciates the author's effort to combine theories of personality and social structure in this fascinating and unique description of "how a deviant life course emerges, and how that life course was projected as normal and even laudable in a (social) media-dominated age."

snip

How many times at DU have our posters noted this? Answer: dozens, most likely hundreds.

Yet the rest of America goes on about its day, oblivious to this perversion of our values.

[Passages]

27. I truly believe in order for a demagogue to win even once is a reflection of a society in deep trouble.

That he won a second time indicates we need to combat not merely oligarchs but our education system, our media giants etc...many avenues.

[arthritisR_US]

15. Is the NBA basket ball or baseball ?

[3catwoman3]

23. Basketball. MLB is Major...

...League Baseball.

[arthritisR_US]

35. Thanks for letting me know :)

[3catwoman3]

45. Happy to be of service.

Don't ask me why I know this because I don't even like baseball.

We are big soccer fans in our family, or, as the rest of the world calls it, football, and we follow the.EPL - English Premier League.

[PatSeg]

24. And then the Knicks lost

Yet another reason for New York to hate DJT. He is a damn jinx.

[dem4decades]

30. If the Knicks lose the next game at home it will be because Trump ruined their mojo.

The Trump Jinx continues, if the Knicks lose the series Trump will just say they really won it and it was fixed. Then he'll demand the DOJ investigate it and the Supreme Court overturn it.

[PatSeg]

34. Ha, ha, ha!

Sounds about right and of course, he'll find a reason to blame Biden for the Knicks loss.

[bif]

4. A waste of skin.

[Johnny2X2X]

11. Weakness

He's got this mindset to never show weakness. He probably could use a couple weeks of just rest, staying home and not doing anything. But he knows there's serious questions about his health so he forces himself to do things like this that he knows will just wipe him out.

And these stairs, he's struggling with stairs everywhere and has probably already fallen down some and it's just a matter of time before he does so in public. He's too vain to let his people help him.

I do think he has some serious health issues, but part of it is just being 80 years old, overweight, and just infirm. Everyone ages differently, he reminds me of my mom who aged more quickly than my dad. When she came to stairs it became a whole ordeal because she had fallen down them before. That's what he looks like, someone who knows he shouldn't be taking stairs, but doesn't want people to know that he shouldn't.

[Ritabert]

14. And his cankles don't look good.

[NJCher]

26. falling down in public

from your post:

snip

and has probably already fallen down some

snip

Like with his recent interview with Kristin Welker, where he attempted to storm off the stage after the indignity of being held accountable for his lies about being defrauded of the election. He started to fall and the gracious Welker helped him out--what a normal human being would do.

It's coming.....

[Aristus]

16. Why, oh why does he keep waking UP?

[niyad]

19. EXACTLY!!!

[3catwoman3]

46. He doesn't need a nap.

He needs a dirt nap.

[Aviation Pro]

20. Instant national hero and treasure

To the person who draws a penis on his fat, fucking face like this.

[justsomeguy01]

33. needs to be

smaller & floppier. and gray.

[AllaN01Bear]

21. sleepy don at the throttle again.

[Vinca]

28. Jeez, look at those 2 old guys. They should have stayed at the nursing home tucked in bed.

[oasis]

29. People taxed millions to get this idiot to the game.

[TommieMommy]

31. Yep everything he touches turns to 💩

[judesedit]

38. That guy next to him was a hired actor asked to fake sleeping,, so Dump would look normal

[MoseShrute]

39. Oh come on

The camera just caught him mid-blink. Again.

[orangecrush]

48. ...

[republianmushroom]

40. ... rude gestures..., don't you mean appropriate gestures ?

[Blue Owl]

43. I'm surprised they haven't tried to say he's praying

Seems like the MAGA morons would eat that shit right up

[3catwoman3]

49. I have no doubt that some have claimed that.

[orangecrush]

47. Of course he did

He had no interest in the event, perfect time for a nap.

[malaise]

50. A delish read - At the NBA finals, the Very Important President showed his favorite sport is status

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jun/09/donald-trump-nba-finals-knicks-spurs

Donald Trump arrived at the Knicks’ biggest night in 27 years hoping to cement his status and power in his hometown. But the fans had other ideas

On Monday night, the most powerful man in the world crashed a citywide celebration 27 years in the making and almost shut it down, with barricades around midtown Manhattan, security lines outside Madison Square Garden and agents wanding Victor Wembanyama as if the San Antonio Spurs phenom were a threat off the court as well as on it. And when Donald Trump finally arrived for his grand entrance, it was in a half-mile-long motorcade. Anyone taking in the scene couldn’t help but ask the quintessential New York question: who does this guy think he is, some kind of big shot?

At this point in Trump’s presidency, it’s fair to wonder if he got into politics for the free tickets. On a night when he could’ve been dealing with far more pressing issues – soaring living costs, war with Iran, a global economy under strain – Trump flew to New York expressly to watch the Knicks play host to their first NBA finals game since he started making noises about running for office someday; he evidently couldn’t turn down the game after being invited by “numerous people.”

Monday’s trip to the NBA finals came amid a stacked sports calendar for the president during his second term that has seen him appear at everything from the Super Bowl to college wrestling championships. This weekend he will even turn the White House South Lawn into the staging ground for a UFC card on his 80th birthday. There’s no doubt Trump is a sports fan – the zero-sum contests, the dominant athletes, the spectacle of it all. But that’s not the real pull for him.

The point is social hierarchy. Sports makes that legible. The farther you are from the action, the lower you are in status – unless, of course, you’re watching from a suite, where you either have connections or are the connection. When Trump went to Knicks games in his pre-presidential days, he sat courtside between his second wife, Marla Maples, and the actor Elliott Gould. The Garden’s celebrity row was a glitzy club where he fit relatively comfortably – unlike the US Open, where New York’s old-money gatekeepers still treated him as a headline-chasing arriviste.
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Enjoy all of this😀

[orangecrush]

54. Thank you!

[SheltieLover]

51. He was just rubbing NY fans' noses in his putrid diaper: You can't stop me from coming

[TexLaProgressive]

52. I wonder what would've happened if Ted the Curse Cruz also attended?

That is scary to think about

[twodogsbarking]

53. Obviously he exhausted from winning.

[shanti]

55. Narcolepsy?

Is that one of his "conditions"? I knew someone once who would fall asleep if he sat down, so he mostly stood up when he went places. Don't misunderstand, I give the f-er no quarter, but it's very debilitating condition.

[malaise]

58. I know someone with it

Check this out 😀
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221295146

[cstanleytech]

56. Irony is I posted that I was surprised he didn't fall asleep during the national anthem at the game before he did this,

[malaise]

57. Well done

😀

[MustLoveBeagles]

59. I could care less about basketball

But it was very important to New Yorkers. I'm not going to tell people what to like. Only a real douchbag would purposely spoil this experience for the fans, not to mention cause inconvenience to commuters trying to get home.

[GenThePerservering]

60. "There's no doubt Trump is a sports fan - the zero-sum contests, the dominant athletes, the spectacle of it all.

But that’s not the real pull for him."

It's those hard thighs.