Trump appears to doze during Cabinet meeting
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was the last person to deliver remarks as members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet went around the table lavishing praise on their boss Tuesday — a process that took two hours and 17 minutes, by CNN’s count, and appeared to lose the president’s attention multiple times.
Rubio heralded Trump’s “transformational” foreign policy as the president, seated beside him, slouched in his chair, his eyes closed. Then he abruptly shifted, straightened, and looked at the secretary of state.
Moments later, the president’s eyes again appeared to close as Rubio made a joke about the college football playoff season. The Cabinet members around the table loudly laughed. The president, unmoved, barely raised his lips, his eyes fluttering briefly.
Trump narrowed, closed or appeared to close his eyes multiple times throughout the lengthy meeting, including during impassioned remarks by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and as Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer detailed workforce development efforts. He also seemed to look down at a paper on the table in front of him at times, giving the appearance his eyes were closed.