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Donald J. Trump has the attention span of an aging cocker spaniel, and its increasingly starting to show.
Previously, he was caught on camera deplaning Air Force One and wandering off onto the tarmac. Secret Service agents had to grab him and direct him back towards his vehicle, which he had just walked obliviously past. Then, he was caught ambling about aimlessly on a stage in Poland while his bodyguards looked on in befuddlement.
Today, at a meeting with world leaders, Trump started to daydream and was caught looking off in the wrong direction, to the obvious amusement of Angela Merkel. British Prime Minister Theresa May had to rouse him from his reverie to get him to pay attention.
Donald J. Trump has the attention span of an aging cocker spaniel, and its increasingly starting to show.
Previously, he was caught on camera deplaning Air Force One and wandering off onto the tarmac. Secret Service agents had to grab him and direct him back towards his vehicle, which he had just walked obliviously past. Then, he was caught ambling about aimlessly on a stage in Poland while his bodyguards looked on in befuddlement.
Today, at a meeting with world leaders, Trump started to daydream and was caught looking off in the wrong direction, to the obvious amusement of Angela Merkel. British Prime Minister Theresa May had to rouse him from his reverie to get him to pay attention.
doc03
(35,325 posts)tanyev
(42,550 posts)HipChick
(25,485 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,174 posts)"Shhh! Here he comes! Talk about something else!"
rock
(13,218 posts)Genius.
NotASurfer
(2,149 posts)Last official act as president: hold up a sign that reads "Yikes!" before a loooooong plunge into a deep canyon.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)It's his signature move. Whenever he being put on camera, he always flips his suit like he is "ready" to take on whatever comes his way. He does it in this clip, and it makes him look like a moron.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)He flips or adjusts his jacket.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)Not sure that's a fair criticism.
Rorey
(8,445 posts)Others are sitting normally.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)body language for confidence and self-assurance. He does it all the time - drives me nuts. He is so clearly in over his head at events like this and I think even he knows it. But there it is, that cocky symbol of superiority.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)SCantiGOP
(13,869 posts)He did manage to get his fake smile on just in time for the camera shot.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)He can't see the elephantine LIMO parked in front of his face; he drifts off "in class"; he discusses ratings for "The Apprentice" in meetings with world leaders.
Is it 2020 yet?????
trof
(54,256 posts)THERE'S A REASON EVERYONE ELSE IS TURNING AROUND.
jeez
effin' clueless
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)kairos12
(12,852 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Or maybe some sweet sweet man-love with Pooty-poot later on?
betsuni
(25,465 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)paleotn
(17,911 posts)..or Senator, Congressman, Governor, city Alderman, county executive. Lots of boring minutiae you have to understand to effectively do the job. Some like that part. Some don't. But you've still got to pay attention.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It was a one day Timber Summit in Portland, and Clinton was in a stultifying all-day meeting. He was engaged, asking questions, pointing out things, interacting with all kinds of stakeholders on their turf in their language. Timber barons, lumberjacks, environmentalists, outdoor enthusiasts, governmental folks from local, state and federal agencies. Everyone had their turn, everyone got a respectful hearing.
I cannot imagine President Trump doing anything of the sort.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)MrModerate
(9,753 posts)So being in the presence of world leaders doesn't give him any thrill. And any public event that doesn't feature him as the only star in the sky has zero interest for him, and so he just . . . nods . . . off.
At least a sleeping Trump is less dangerous than an awakened one.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)PatrickforO
(14,570 posts)This is sad to watch and humiliating for this entire nation.
paleotn
(17,911 posts)...one of those "what doesn't belong in this picture?"
Jim__
(14,075 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)None. He is so out of his depth. How this clown ever came to be invited to the G20 is a mystery. He has nothing to offer and nothing of importance to say.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)These leaders bore him because they can neither enrich nor harm him personally.
Nor does Trump truly believe in Western democratic principles; that is why he gave that speech full of Volk references.
Thus, he has literally NOTHING TO SAY TO THEM.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Who the RW has lionized.
Some of us remember how he used to zone out like this all the time.
3catwoman3
(23,973 posts)...see how long it might have taken him to catch on unprompted.