Back in December, President Trump did something that absolutely broke the modern media ecosystem. He held a three hour Cabinet meeting and let cameras roll. No teleprompter magic tricks, no carefully trimmed sound bites, just a long, sometimes dry, sometimes detailed discussion about running the country. Naturally, the media could not survive this without inventing a scandal.
At one point during that marathon meeting, President Trump closed his eyes for a moment. Not collapsed. Not snoring. Not drooling. Just closed his eyes. That was enough for the usual media crowd to sprint to their keyboards and announce that he had “fallen asleep.” Because apparently blinking for more than half a second is now a medical emergency if you are not on their team.
Fast forward one month. President Trump opened his first Cabinet meeting of 2026, also marking the start of year two of his second term, by addressing the great “sleeping” controversy. And he did it the only way Trump knows how, by mocking it into oblivion.
He joked about how long the last meeting was, admitted it got a little boring, and explained that he closed his eyes because he wanted to get the hell out of there. The room laughed, the Cabinet laughed, and anyone with a functioning sense of humor laughed. He even pointed out that if he were actually asleep, the people sitting next to him would have woken him up immediately. That line alone probably caused a few cable news producers to throw their scripts across the room.
President Trump openly said he does not sleep much, joked about being caught in a “blink,” and called out how selectively the footage was used. He was not defensive. He was not angry. He was relaxed, confident, and clearly enjoying the moment. That confidence is what drives his critics crazy.
The bigger issue here is not whether someone closes their eyes during a three hour meeting. It is how desperate the mainstream media has become. When you have no policy wins to point to, no economic collapse to hype, and no foreign disaster to pin on him, you end up zooming in on eyelids. This is what passes for journalism now.
President Trump letting the cameras roll for hours is something most politicians would never dare. It exposes the reality of governing, including the boring parts. The same people who complain about transparency lose their minds the second they actually get it.
By opening his 2026 Cabinet meeting with humor, President Trump reminded everyone why these media hit jobs keep failing. He does not run from them. He laughs at them. And every time he does, the story flips from supposed scandal to self inflicted embarrassment for the press.
The media wanted a nap narrative. President Trump gave them a punchline instead.
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