Trump, 79, Falls Asleep After Signing Marijuana Executive Order

While signing an executive order to reclassify the status of marijuana Thursday, Donald Trump struggled to stay awake in the Oval Office. 

The anti-woke president, seated at the Resolute Desk, was surrounded by medical professionals and military veterans, among others, but his neck still drooped with his eyes closing before he jerked awake. 

Trump start to doze off and then jerks awake pic.twitter.com/3ucH86gqmO

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 18, 2025

Even as doctors extolled the benefits from having more research opportunities and medical applications for cannabis, Trump had difficulty keeping his eyes open, having to shift in his seat in order to stay awake.  

Trump is fighting wokeness with everything he has right now pic.twitter.com/sZLL2eDRnY

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 18, 2025

Not even the dulcet tones of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could keep Trump from dozing, as he had to shift and look up while Kennedy was speaking to interrupt his drifts in and out of consciousness. 

Trump's face droops as he struggles to stay awake during another on-camera event pic.twitter.com/BK1aztIB7P

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) December 18, 2025

Trump has been caught snoozing at his military parade, Cabinet meetings, a tennis match, meeting the Saudi Crown Prince, during Pope Francis’s funeral, and even during the signing of a peace agreement. But don’t tell Dozy Don that his age, cognitive ability, or health may be an issue: The president gets very upset when the media points out the obvious. Maybe retirement and sleeping to his heart’s content is what he needs.