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While it\u2019s become widely known that President Donald Trump tends to keep unusual hours, a new book has revealed the extent of his \u201cbizarre\u201d sleep habits and that they keep getting \u201cstranger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump lashes out at \u2018very stupid\u2019 Republicans \u2014 but they\u2019re ready to \u2018punch back\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n

As the Daily Beast<\/u> explains, \u201cTrump, 80, has gained a reputation for sleeping less and less in his golden years. He has also developed a penchant for going on Truth Social posting sprees after midnight, as well as being caught on camera seeming to nod off during important White House meetings. His ability to operate as the most powerful person on Earth with minimal shut-eye has been hailed as a superpower by fawning members of his administration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the new book Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump<\/em><\/em>, by White House correspondents Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan, is raising eyebrows by revealing just how erratic Trump\u2019s sleep patterns can be. <\/p>\n

For example, the book claims that in a White House lead by Trump, \u201ctime is a flexible concept,\u201d and that his inconsistent sleep drives the \u201crhythms and structures and operations of the place.\u201d This is especially true of his second term. During his first administration, Trump typically arrived in the Oval Office by 11 am. In term two, however, his schedule has become less predictable as he\u2019s slept with growing inconsistency. <\/p>\n

\u201cSome mornings Trump would be up early making phone calls and posting on social media while watching TV,\u201d says the book. \u201cBut occasionally, aides couldn\u2019t reach him during the hours between eight and ten, when they soon came to realize meant he had stayed up all night, on the phone or watching television or both, only to finally catch some sleep around four or five in the morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the book, \u201cone late morning,\u201d no one had heard from the president and his staff was unable to contact him: \u201can aide checked on the President only to find that he was still asleep in the residence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Trump ignored Melania when she put her foot down about White House guest<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cHe had never been a big sleeper, but now it seemed to his staff that he was sleeping even less, keeping stranger hours than he had in his first term,\u201d the book claims, revealing not only that Trump has \u201cremained a night owl,\u201d but that he and Melania sleep in separate rooms. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, his aides have privately begun to admit that Trump is \u201cbeginning to seem old\u201d during his second term as \u201cthose who spent time with him could see the signs \u2014 the moments of fatigue, the cupped hand behind the ear.\u201d As the book explains, \u201cThat he had aged since he last lived in the White House was obvious. There were the repeated bouts of drowsiness during mid-afternoon public events. And there were the near-constant bruises on his hands, which his aides first attributed to marks from frequent handshaking. Trump, who usually tried to conceal the bruising with makeup, later said they were caused primarily by the unusually large aspirin regimen he took as a blood thinner.\u201d <\/p>\n

Amidst all the talk of Trump\u2019s strange sleeping habits, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has attempted to deny claims that the president appeared to fall asleep during Cabinet meetings. As Rubio testified to Congress, under oath, \u201cThat\u2019s false. That\u2019s false. I\u2019ve never seen him fall asleep. On the contrary, the guy doesn\u2019t sleep, which is a big problem, because he calls me at 2 in the morning, he calls me at 5 in the morning, and you know, I like to sleep a little bit \u2014 maybe not 12 hours \u2014 but at least six\u2026 I don\u2019t know what you\u2019re talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Democrat Congressman Ted Lieu then played a video that showed Trump falling asleep mid-meeting, noting, \u201cYou are literally talking about issues of war and peace, and Donald Trump is sleeping right next to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Republicans in for a rude awakening: Conservative says Trump won\u2019t pivot to economy<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a joke,\u201d Rubio responded. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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