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Search results for "Trump falls asleep during classified briefings or calls with foreign leaders"

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Viral image stated on July 18, 2023 in an Instagram post:
President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 19, 2023
Viral image stated on May 07, 2024 in a Threads post:
Stormy Daniels said former President Donald Trump yelled, “I’m yuge! I’m the greatest,” before falling asleep.
By Ciara O'Rourke• May 10, 2024
Instagram posts stated on July 18, 2022 in an Instagram post:
Video shows Joe Biden sleeping at the Arab Conference in Saudi Arabia.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 21, 2022
Viral image stated on July 27, 2023 in an Instagram post:
Video shows President Joe Biden falling asleep “on live TV.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 8, 2023
Social Media stated on August 22, 2023 in social media posts:
A video showed President Joe Biden falling asleep during an event with the Maui, Hawaii, wildfire survivors and families.
By Loreben Tuquero• August 22, 2023
Viral image stated on August 28, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Says President Joe Biden fell asleep during a meeting with Israel’s prime minister.
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 30, 2021
Viral image stated on August 06, 2024 in a Threads post:
Photo shows former President Donald Trump “asleep at the 2017 NATO summit.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 9, 2024
X posts stated on July 15, 2024 in a video:
Video shows Donald Trump sleeping at the Republican National Convention’s first night.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• July 17, 2024
Facebook posts stated on August 31, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says Joe Biden was asleep and snoring during a TV interview.
By Miriam Valverde• August 31, 2020
Richard Burr stated on June 08, 2017 in an interview:
"This is not the first time (the Russians) have been involved in our elections."
By Will Doran• June 20, 2017
Hillary Clinton stated on September 06, 2022 in a tweet.:
“I had zero emails that were classified.”
By Jon Greenberg, Maria Ramirez Uribe• September 13, 2022
FreedomCrossroads.us stated on June 29, 2017 in a blog:
"Malia Obama Fired From Cushy Internship At Spanish Embassy"
By Manuela Tobias• July 18, 2017
Instagram posts stated on January 30, 2024 in a video:
President Joe Biden admitted to using the Justice Department to pursue his political foes.
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• February 8, 2024
Ken Martin stated on August 05, 2025 in a press conference:
Texas Republicans held one hearing on flood response but eight hearings on redistricting
By Amy Sherman• August 6, 2025
Donald Trump stated on February 16, 2017 in comments during and after the 2016 presidential campaign:
On leaks and the release of secret information.
By Louis Jacobson• February 16, 2017
Donald Trump stated on March 26, 2020 in a Hannity show interview:
Speaking of his restriction on travel from China, “I had (Joe) Biden calling me xenophobic. … He called me a racist, because of the fact that he felt it was a racist thing to stop people from China coming in.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 27, 2020
Mike Rogers stated on November 03, 2013 in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation":
In 1929, the Secretary of State shut down a program that was "collecting information to protect America" because it was "unseemly," but that move led to "millions and millions" of deaths in World War II.
By Louis Jacobson• November 4, 2013
Barack Obama stated on March 01, 2008 in a speech in Westerville, Ohio:
Says Clinton did not read the National Intelligence Estimate before voting for the Iraq war.
By Adriel Bettelheim• March 3, 2008
Charlie Kirk stated on August 16, 2021 in a radio show segment:
Joe Biden intentionally “let it fall apart” in Afghanistan because he “wants a couple hundred thousand more Ilhan Omars to come into America to change the body politic permanently.”
By Bill McCarthy• August 19, 2021
James Risch stated on May 15, 2017 in remarks to reporters:
"The minute the president speaks about it to someone, he has the ability to declassify anything at any time without any process."
By Louis Jacobson• May 16, 2017

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