Tulsi Gabbard claims Trump, 79, stays up all night on foreign trips

Trump's erratic sleeping schedule has worried some of his supporters
PUBLISHED OCT 16, 2025
Tulsi Gabbard claims Trump pulls all-nighters on trips abroad (Fox News/YouTube, Getty Images)
Tulsi Gabbard claims Trump pulls all-nighters on trips abroad (Fox News/YouTube, Getty Images)


 

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has claimed that President Donald Trump often pulls all-nighters during foreign trips.

Recalling his last few days which she described as "tireless", Gabbard said the president took an 11-hour flight to and from Egypt to mark the Israel-Hamas peace deal, ending the conflict in Gaza.

Tulsi Gabbard describes Trump's sleepless nights


NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Tulsi Gabbard attends a live taping of Hannity at Fox News Channel Studios on September 13, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)
Tulsi Gabbard attends a live taping of Hannity at Fox News Channel Studios on September 13, 2023 in New York City (Steven Ferdman/Getty Images)

Gabbard made these claims on Fox News on Tuesday, October 14, on 'Jesse Watters Primetime', saying, "I know somebody made a comment on the plane, you know, [that] he goes on these long trips, these long plane rides, doesn’t sleep, he’s working throughout those flights, hits the ground running and gets directly to business."

Gabbard was likely referring to what CNN reporter Kaitlan Collins heard about traveling on Air Force One. “I had this source who said you never want to be on Air Force One on a trip,” Collins told podcaster Jason Tartick last week.

"And like, you’re going to Asia or something, and that’s kind of the only time you’re going to sleep before you go on this trip," she added.

"But Trump is just always up and talking, and he’ll like have them go and wake staff up if they’re asleep because he wants to talk to them."

Trump's team says he works around the clock

LANDOVER, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 14: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the 125th Army-Navy football game at Northwest Stadium on December 14, 2024 in Landover, Maryland. Trump is attending the game with lawmakers and Cabinet nominees including, Vice President-elect JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and others. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance attend the 125th Army-Navy football game at Northwest Stadium on December 14, 2024, in Landover, Maryland. Trump is attending the game with lawmakers and Cabinet nominees, including Vice President-elect JD Vance, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, incoming Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and others (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Other Trump officials have also echoed the National Intelligence Director’s stance.

"None of us can keep up with him, we always joke...I don’t know how he does it,” Attorney General Pam Bondi told Katie Miller, the wife of Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, on her podcast.

"I mean, none of us know when he sleeps. He’s working all the time, and it’s just constant for him," she added.

Vice President JD Vance also made a similar statement, where he said, the president “doesn’t have an off switch,” and has sometimes called him at 2:00 am and again at 6:00 am.

Trump fans concerned about his health

Makeup covers a bruise on the back of U.S. President Donald Trump's hand as he hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for meetings at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. Macron is meeting with Trump in Washington on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Makeup covers a bruise on the back of President Donald Trump's hand as he hosts French President Emmanuel Macron for meetings at the White House on February 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. Macron is meeting with Trump in Washington on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale military invasion of Ukraine (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump's erratic sleeping schedule has worried some of the president’s supporters, including Alex Jones, who warned earlier this year that a “collapse” could come if Trump did not “take his foot off the gas pedal.”

He said, “If the people around him could just get him to take off one day a week—if he could just go play golf and watch movies and have some fun—he deserves it."

He added that the president's chronic venous insufficiency, which causes circulation issues and swollen ankles, is a matter of concern. He noted that the president has started worrying his fans due to his talks of getting into heaven when he dies.

“I mean, you know, I’m being a little cute,” Trump told Fox’s Peter Doocy recently. “I don’t think there’s anything [that’s] going to get me in heaven. Okay? I think I’m not maybe heaven-bound.”

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