‘He was blinking’: White House furiously denies that Trump fell asleep in meeting
The White House has responded angrily to suggestions that Donald Trump had fallen asleep in an Oval Office meeting.
At an event promoting maternal health and fertility, the president's eyes appeared to become heavy.
As administration officials standing behind him were speaking, the president closed his eyes for an extended period of time.
Donald Trump with his eyes closed at an Oval Office meeting. (AP)
But when a Reuters journalist posted a photograph of Trump with his eyes closed, the White House lashed out.
"He was blinking, you absolute moron," the White House's X account Rapid Response 47 replied.
The reporter's post had made no mention of Trump being asleep, simply captioning it: "US President Donald Trump attends a maternal health event in the Oval ...
