Donald Trump is officially out of gas
It’s gotten even worse. When Donald Trump was at the G7 summit, he often came off like he was half dead. He lumbered around like a zombie. He was accused by other nations of having fallen asleep during meetings. Even though his handlers had him showing up late and leaving early, they couldn’t cover for the fact that he was out of gas. Then came his North Korea summit, where he seemed to be completely out of it. Now that he’s home, new developments say that he’s not exactly recovering.
On Thursday, there were zero public events on Donald Trump’s official calendar. Today there are also zero public events on his schedule. It’s not as if he has anything going on behind the scenes either. Best anyone can tell, he’s in bed watching Fox News while eating Big Macs. This is how he spends most of every day – but these past two days, it’s all he’s doing.
Donald Trump is out of gas, and not in the way that you or I would be worn out if we just came back from an international trip. He didn’t do anything during his trip. He slept on Air Force One, then he presumably slept his way through most of the G7, then he went to Singapore and did little beyond holding a forty minute meeting with Kim. This trip should not have worn him out to the extent that he’s needed to spend the whole rest of the week in bed since he got home – particularly considering that he’s also surely going to end up doing nothing this weekend.
There are differing schools of thought about whether we’re worse off when Donald Trump is trying to do the job and doing it horribly, or when he’s not even trying. I’m not sure what side I’m on when it comes to that particular debate. But the bottom line is that this guy has nothing left in the tank. He’s gearing up for the fight of his life. His presidency, his family, and his freedom hang in the balance as his criminal scandals come to a head during this new prison phase. Instead of gearing up for one last fight, Trump is sleepwalking.
