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 No shit.

The president said just last week that he does not "sleep much" while Vice President JD Vance says other staffers struggle to keep up with the amount Trump works. Vance said that a 20-hour trip will see little in the way of sleep for the president or his team and that "if he's not sleeping, if he's working, he expects everybody else to be working too."

While this boast from the admin is made to make Trump look busy and healthy in the face of growing concerns over his health, Dr Ritz Birah has told The Mirror US that the president is far from spritely.

Seven to nine hours of sleep a night is the recommended amount "to support optimal brain function, emotional regulation and physical health" in someone Trump's age. The 79-year-old Commander in Chief has had his admin back the "off the charts" energy levels, but that is not a sign of good health, Dr Birah says.

"In the short term, insufficient sleep reliably affects attention, working memory, impulse control and decision-making," he said. "From a psychological standpoint, this means the brain becomes more reactive, less flexible and more prone to errors in judgment.

"Emotional regulation is also impaired, with increased irritability, reduced tolerance for stress and a greater likelihood of threat-based thinking. These effects are well documented, even when individuals subjectively feel alert or energised."

Trump posted that vile content late last night. I guess he was too sleepy to watch it all the way through? Or too addled by sleep deprivation? (Sleep deprivation/disturbance is also a consequence of some forms of dementia.) Or he let the coffee boy get hold of his phone again? Because if Trump doesn’t sleep, nobody sleeps. Right?