Donald Trump Claims This Is Why He Closes His Eyes In Cabinet Meetings
Donald Trump’s apparent nodding off during public events has raised concern among some medical professionals in recent weeks.
But the president has now offered his own explanation for closing his eyes in front of the cameras, particularly when it comes to lengthy Cabinet meetings.
“It’s boring as hell,” Trump told New York Magazine in a lengthy profile on his health that was published on Monday.
Read the full profile on New York Magazine.
“I’m going around a room, and I’ve got 28 guys — the last one was three and a half hours,” Trump continued, talking about the meetings which often involve copious sucking up to him by his officials.
“I have to sit back and listen, and I move my hand so that people will know I’m listening,” he added. “I’m hearing every word, and I can’t wait to get out.”
In the same profile, however, Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a more generous interpretation when he suggested Trump’s public shut-eye may actually be “a listening mechanism.”