People online mocked President Donald Trump after he joked about falling asleep during a Friday speech made by Barack Obama, in which his predecessor was critical of him.
“I’m sorry, I watched it, but I fell asleep,” Trump claimed at an event in North Dakota Friday, responding to Obama’s earlier address at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Twitter users were quick to suggest alternative reasons for why it really sent Trump into a slumber. Some were more lighthearted than others:
Trump "fell asleep" during Barack Obama's speech because it wore him out looking up all those words in the dictionary.
— Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) September 7, 2018
#trump fell asleep cuz President Obama used big words.
— Mike Wickett (@mikewickett) September 7, 2018
Trump said he fell asleep during Obama’s speech.
— Dave Pell (@davepell) September 8, 2018
The rest of us haven’t gotten a wink since November 2016.
Maybe Trump fell asleep - to complex sentences for him - but Melania was watching and recording Obama's speech...
— Tikkana Niti (@natiti_nikka) September 7, 2018
trump said he tried to watch Obama's speech but fell asleep. This only illustrates his ignorance and his childishly short attention span. It was such a relief to hear an intelligent President expressing himself skillfully in complete sentences, without the spite and fearmongering pic.twitter.com/1BAjF7Sef8
— Igor's Godless Buddy (@danielmorgenwe1) September 7, 2018
Before Trump tries to call Obama low energy please remind him who fell asleep during the middle of the day! #MAGA
— SGaut (@sgaut) September 8, 2018
Trump said he fell asleep during President Obama’s speech. That’s a shame. If Trump had listened, he may have learned something about what America is all about and what Americans stand for. Just another missed opportunity.
— Lynn Kaufman (@melindak242) September 7, 2018
Today #trump said #Obamas speech made him fall asleep.
— Michael (@mterr337) September 7, 2018
However it wasn't because of boredom. The truth is the words Obama used and his message was way above his comprehension.@realDonaldTrump
Obama delivered an eloquent and piercing analysis of the state of the union. Trump fell asleep
— David Lazarus (@Davidlaz) September 7, 2018
Trump falling asleep during President Obama’s speech should tell you everything you need to know about Trump.
— Mo Latno Bill Phelan (@MoBill) September 7, 2018
Of course Trump fell asleep. Obama sometimes uses words of more than 2 syllables.
— Bruce Mirken (@BruceMirken) September 8, 2018
Trump's slurring again, this time while mocking Pres. Obama by saying he fell asleep during the speech.
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) September 7, 2018
We didn't. We heard all of it, every intelligent, clear, rational, pointed, opposite-of-Trump word.
Trump said he watched and he fell asleep during Obama’s speech. Melania will now play that speech on repeat in the bedroom.
— Boudica's Heir (@dawg4life99) September 7, 2018
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