Trump repeatedly struggles to stay awake during live broadcast of Board of Peace summit

Donald Trump was, once again, seen nodding off during a major public event, this time at the much-hyped first meeting of his "Board of Peace" initiative.

Several instances of the president looking "extremely drowsy" and closing his eyes were caught on a Fox News broadcast of the event, and shared in a report by The New Republic on Thursday. He appeared to struggle with staying awake during addresses from visiting leaders and officials, as seen in split-screen shots.

"His eyelids grew heavy during Major General Jasper Jeffers III’s presentation, and if he didn’t fall asleep completely, he at least looked incredibly disinterested in his own creation," The New Republic's report detailed, later quipping, "The 'bored of peace' jokes write themselves."

These instances at the Board of Peace meeting are just the latest examples in a months-long trend of Trump appearing to nod off while on camera during a public event. In April of last year, onlookers caught the president, 78 at the time, seemingly asleep and snoring while attending the funeral of Pope Francis. A few weeks later, a Fox broadcast caught him appearing to nod off while visiting Saudi Arabian leaders in Riyadh.

The trend has continued even when Trump has not been in the middle of a taxing overseas trip. Last month, as The New Republic noted, his "eyes were completely shut at multiple points of his whole-milk legislation signing ceremony..."

"He struggled to stay awake during a marijuana rescheduling executive order signing, looked absolutely exhausted at his own Cabinet meeting in December and fell asleep once again at a Rwanda–Democratic Republic of the Congo peace agreement signing," the outlet continued.

Trump, who frequently mocks his predecessor as "Sleepy Joe" Biden, has appeared to nod off during events so often that the trend has become a key piece of evidence for his declining condition. Currently 79, he is the oldest person ever elected president, and frequently exhibits behaviors that cause observers to question his physical health and mental acuity.

Some, however, have expressed sympathy with Trump's latest incident, albeit in a tongue-in-cheek manner,

"The one time I feel some empathy with Trump falling asleep," economist Tony Yates wrote in a post to BlueSky. "During a 2.5 hour ceremonial to launch a pointless Board of Peace, how many of us would be able to stay awake?"