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Drudge Retort: The Other Side of the News
Wednesday, May 06, 2026

President Donald Trump, who insists he feels like he did 50 years ago, has been caught in a public bout of daytime drowsiness. The 79-year-old president appeared to slip into a heavy-eyed daze during an Oval Office proclamation signing on Tuesday to restore the Presidential Fitness Test in schools. The president's latest public sleeping fit comes less than two weeks after California Governor Gavin Newsom accused him of being "asleep at the wheel" for appearing to nod off during a healthcare affordability event at the Oval Office. Newsom, 58, has taken to calling Trump "Dozy Don," a play on the nickname Trump gave his predecessor Joe Biden""Sleepy Joe""to mock the then-president's apparent decline.

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That the WH comms operation failed to detect even the slightest opportunity for Trump - of all people - catching ridicule for proclaiming the restoration of the Presidential Fitness Test (PFT)tells us a lot about a lot.

Por ejemplo, as far as Trump is concerned, the Presidential Fitness Test obviously involves endless bragging about being able to recall the infamous person-woman-man-camera-TV sequence the old boy sees as a triumph of Herculean proportions.

But going beyond the unfortunate name of the "test," who thought it would be a good idea to link "Trump" and "physical fitness"? I mean, that's the sort of activity contemplated here: pull-ups/push-ups, sit-ups/curl-ups, sit-and-reach stretching, and running a mile. "Trump" and "physical fitness" shoehorned into the same sentence provides more than one joke's setup andpunchline, which, in itself, is actually a pretty deft piece of work.

Then again, WH comms are in the hands of Steven Cheung, so have no fear.

And don't bother asking Steve about Trump's Epstein Coverup. Calling the curious "-------" is just the beginning of his tirades.

Demonstrating yet again that Trump only hires people he thinks are even stupider than himself.

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#1 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-05-06 04:53 AM | Reply

Trump may do actual work forty-five minutes out of a day.

Yeah he falls asleep, and leaks, and soon it will be reported that he drools.

Therefore he deserves a $1 Billion ballroom while he can still be wheeled into it.

#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-06 07:54 AM | Reply

Has Jake Tapper clutched his pearls yet?

#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-06 08:50 AM | Reply

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