President Donald Trump was seen with his eyes closed on Thursday, leading to claims that he’d fallen asleep. Visuals from the Oval Office in the White House showed the Republican president in a blue suit and yellow tie, appearing to lean back and fall asleep.
“Trump dozes off as U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin delivers remarks to reporters in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 4, 2026,” pro-Democrat publication MeidasTouch wrote on X. Pro-Democrat political influencer Harry Sisson also shared a video where Trump appeared to fall asleep and wrote “Trump is passed out in the Oval Office right now. 25TH AMENDMENT NOW!”. You can see the video here.
The image of Trump with his eyes closed was shared widely, including on Facebook. “Trump fell asleep again today,” a person wrote.
This comes a day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio was accused of lying by a Congressional panel, when he was asked about Trump falling asleep during meetings.
When Rubio appeared before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, Democratic representative Ted Lieu of California asked Rubio about Trump falling asleep. The state secretary had replied that he’d never seen Trump fall asleep during any meeting and claimed that the president slept very little. Rubio went on to recount incidents when Trump would call him at odd hours of the night sometimes, and said that Rubio himself needed his six hours of sleep.
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Soon after this, Lieu showed Rubio a video where Trump appeared to have fallen asleep right next to the Secretary of State while the latter was speaking. “You will see that he is sleeping while you are talking,” Lieu said to Rubio. When Rubio rushed to defend Trump, the lawmaker said “Just keep lying, just keep lying.”
Trump’s recent public absence had sparked concerns
The talk of Trump allegedly falling asleep comes on the heels of widespread concern about the 79-year-old as he was missing from the public eye for almost a week. Trump’s last presser had come towards the end of May, and with no sight of the president for about a week, speculations about his health began to swirl.
Notably, these were quashed yesterday as Trump held a presser with reporters, during which he had a fiery exchange with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. When the latter asked the POTUS about the retribution fund, Trump went on to say that he thought the fund was a good idea. He then addressed Collins’ past and said she was a ‘conservative from Alabama’ to which the journalist replied promptly that she was still from Alabama. Trump had again asked Collins to smile, a remark which had earned him backlash in the past as well.
However, the appearance put all doubts about Trump’s health to rest. Despite past speculations, and even medical insights into possible health conditions, the White House and Trump have maintained that the President was given a clean bill of health during his checkup at Walter Reed.