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Updated · Mashable · Jun 5
Seth Meyers Roasts Trump's 5-Minute Napping Segment as Rubio Faces Questions
Updated
Updated · Mashable · Jun 5

Seth Meyers Roasts Trump's 5-Minute Napping Segment as Rubio Faces Questions

3 articles · Updated · Mashable · Jun 5

Summary

  • Five minutes of Late Night focused on Donald Trump's apparent mid-day napping habits, with Seth Meyers mocking footage that appeared to show the president asleep in the Oval Office.
  • Marco Rubio's grilling over Trump's sleep habits gave Meyers the opening, and he built the bit around sarcastic praise of Trump's supposed attentiveness and judgment.
  • Meyers joked that Trump only looked asleep because he was "so woke," extending the segment into a detailed comic takedown of the president's behavior in meetings.

Insights

How does intense media scrutiny transform a president's personal habits, like sleep, into matters of national concern?
What are the cognitive risks for a world leader who reportedly operates on less than five hours of sleep per night?
How does an unconventional leadership style impact the thousands of nonpartisan staff supporting the White House's daily operations?