Trump has hard time keeping his eyes open while meeting Saudi crown prince as trolls mock 'sleepy Don'

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: President Donald Trump was caught with eyes shut for a while during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Tuesday, May 13.

Trump visited Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, making it his first foreign trip during his second term as the president of the United States. His Middle East trip also includes a trip to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

Trump caught with eyes shut during meeting with Saudi Crown Prince MBS

A clip that has gone viral across social media shows Trump with his eyes closed, and he once even tried to jolt himself awake during a special ceremony, which was held in his honor at the Saudi royal court by the crown prince, per Daily Beast.

Notably, during the meeting, more than a dozen agreements between the US and Saudi Arabia were signed, which focus on the governments’ economies, militaries, and cultural institutions.

Interestingly, as the clip went viral, many people online took jibes at Trump and thought he was not giving attention to the Crown Prince during the meeting.

However, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung denied that Trump wasn’t paying attention.

He said, "It’s clear that President Trump was fully engaged and listening intently as he finalized historic deals on his return to Saudi Arabia."

"The Daily Beast should perk up and stop slacking instead of taking their cues of liberal liars who have shown a history of deceiving the American people," Cheung added.

During the meeting on Tuesday, the US and Saudi Arabia signed a $142 billion arms deal touted by the White House as the "largest defense sales agreement in history", according to the Guardian.

Trump's visit was mainly focused on business interests and securing quick wins for the administration, per the outlet.

Moreover, the Saudi crown prince pledged to invest $600 billion in the US during a lunch with Trump, including $20 billion in artificial intelligence data centres, purchases of gas turbines and other energy equipment worth $14.2 billion, nearly $5 billion in Boeing 737-8 jets, and other deals, the Guardian reported.

Trump was feted with a royal guard as he arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday. Six Royal Saudi Air Force F-15s escorted Trump’s Air Force One jet as it arrived in Riyadh.

Internet mocks Trump as he is caught with eyes shut

Several internet users trolled Trump as he was caught with eyes shut for a while during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

A user wrote on X, "Sleepy Don can barely keep his eyes open while representing the United States in Saudi Arabia. If this were President Biden, there would be nonstop coverage of his cognitive condition and his physical fitness," while one added, "Rebooting bro."

A person also stated, "He has gone from orange to red," whereas one mentioned, "Back in the day, Bush jr would fall asleep and we’d make jokes and laugh. Now, it is impeachable and unconstitutional."

A user also wrote, "He looks just like my elderly family member in the Memory Care Facility. He would fit right in," while one commented, "Sleepy Joe stayed up running the country. Sleepy Don is literally fading out mid-photo op."

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