His ‘Sleepy Joe’ nickname for his rival seems to have come full circle, with social media users now calling Mr Trump ‘Sleepy Don’

While the rest of the world can’t peel their eyes away as Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial gets under way in New York, the former president himself appears to be far less enthralled by the proceedings.

Jury selection got under way on Monday in the first-ever criminal trial of a sitting or former president, as he faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in a bid to cover up hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels.

But, according to some courtroom reporters, Mr Trump appeared to struggle to keep his eyes open – and at one point may have even fallen asleep.

“Trump appears to be sleeping. His head keeps dropping down and his mouth goes slack,” *New York Times *reporter Maggie Haberman reported.

The observation quickly inspired a new nickname for the 77-year-old former president: “Sleepy Don.”

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    Innocent until proven guilty.

    Love how much mob mentality has been on the rise since trumps election lmao. Who would’ve thought.

    Pretty clear to everyone who the lesser of two evils is

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      Pretty clear to everyone who the lesser of two evils is

      No one said it wasn’t chief…

      I said both candidates are bad. Not that they’re both equally bad.

      If the most important thing is beating trump (and it is) why are we running a bad candidate against him instead of a good one?

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        He’s not a bad candidate. Could we do better? Always. Is that an option this year? No.

        Stop trying to muddy the water to dissuade people from voting at all

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          He’s not a bad candidate

          People are celebrating because he just got up to 43% approval…

          His best numbers are Obama’s worst.

          Biden is less popular with voters than he was four years ago, and it cost a billion dollars to beat Trump by the skin of his teeth.

          How is Biden a good candidate?

          And keep in mind “not trump” is a pretty common quality shared by almost everyone eligible to run for president.