U.S. President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 2, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" is bringing in the Christmas holiday by mocking President Donald Trump's habit of falling asleep during public meetings.
In a video montage posted Wednesday to its social media channels, the Daily Show assembled clips of Trump dozing off in various meetings, set to the traditional Christmas classic "Silent Night." The Daily Show also spliced in Trump's mocking of former President Joe Biden for sleeping in view of cameras.
"Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night," The Daily Show wrote in a post to their Bluesky account.
"Who the hell sleeps in front of the paparazzi, the media?" Trump is heard saying as a clip plays of him drifting off in the Oval Office. "How do you sleep in front of the media?"
"And he's out cold! You see the dribble coming down the side of his cheek," Trump is heard saying of Biden, as footage plays of him nodding off in a Cabinet meeting.
"Who the hell wants to sleep with these people watching?" Trump can be heard saying as "Silent Night" continues playing in the background. "I could never fall asleep under those circumstances."
"You'll never see me sleeping in front of the cameras," Trump said at the end of the video.
The president's increasingly frequent public sleeping episodes have even caught the attention of his fellow Republicans. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) gently criticized Trump in an interview with The Bulwark's Joe Perticone earlier this month, suggesting the president should spend more time getting a good night's rest rather than posting to social media.
"He doesn’t keep very good bedtime manners, does he?" Murkowski said at the time.
Watch the Daily Show's montage below:
Merry Christmas to all, and to Donald Trump, good night
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— The Daily Show (@thedailyshow.com) Dec 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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