It’s abundantly clear after the latest presidential election that there’s no love lost between Joe Biden and President Donald Trump.
But that doesn’t mean Trump can’t think of anything nice to say about his predecessor.
During a recent Fox News Channel interview, the president said he “admired” one — and only one — thing about the octogenarian ex-president.
As the New York Post reported:
“The only thing I admired about sleepy Joe Biden is the following,” Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview recorded Tuesday. “He’d go to a beach, lay down on a cot — barely able to get his feet through the sand — he’d lay down and within minutes he’s sleeping and have cameras watching.”
“I could never do that,” Trump continued. “I would never be able to sleep like that. That’s the only thing that I think that was wonderful. It was a disaster, this man was a disaster.”
During Trump’s first term, then-White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson claimed that the commander-in-chief was getting by on four to five hours of sleep per night.
“I don’t sleep much,” the 47th president told Ingraham this week. “A lot of people that love what they are doing don’t sleep much, I find. And so far it’s been OK.”
There were plenty of examples over the past four years that revealed just how easy it seems to be for Biden to catch a few Z’s:
Biden just fell asleep smack in the middle of a summit with African leaders pic.twitter.com/fs692GkE1A
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 4, 2024
WOW!!! Joe Biden appears to be sleeping while listening to survivors speak about their homes burning to the ground 🤯
Two vacations and you still can’t stay awake?
You can’t make this up 🚨👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/fJywQOi1nh
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) August 22, 2023
Trump blinks: (screenshot)”l
Liberals: “got him!!!!Trump has fallen asleep”An actual clip of Biden snoring 💤 dude is gone. Keep your man awake POS that’s who you should be worry about. 🤣😅😅 pic.twitter.com/PJTej15QGl
— Gif And Let Die l𓁹 𓁹l (@jcvsqz) January 9, 2025
In light of these and other anecdotes lend additional credibility to Trump’s frequent nickname for Biden.
Shortly after his inauguration, the president trotted out the “Sleepy Joe” sobriquet during a recap of his first few days in office as reported by Mint:
“Since I became the 47th president at noon on Monday, I’ve been moving with urgency and historic speed to fix every single calamity of the Biden administration that they’ve created,” he told cheering supporters.
Here’s a clip of Trump’s remarks on the topic:
Say what you want about former President Biden, but his ability to sleep is unmatched, according to President Trump. pic.twitter.com/cFRk2XobdK
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 20, 2025
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