Marco Rubio's Excuses For Drowsy Trump Videos Do Nothing
HuffPost • • nation
Key Points:
- Rep. Ted Lieu confronted Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a congressional hearing about President Donald Trump’s apparent drowsiness and health, presenting videos showing Trump looking asleep or fatigued during meetings.
- Rubio denied ever seeing Trump fall asleep, claiming the president rarely sleeps and often calls him at odd hours, but Lieu accused him of lying and pointed to multiple instances suggesting Trump struggles to stay awake.
- Lieu argued that Trump’s behavior raises serious concerns about his health and cognitive abilities, especially given the president’s frequent hospital visits and lack of recent public appearances.
- Rubio dismissed the questions as “ridiculous and absurd,” while Dr. Mehmet Oz, Trump’s head of Medicare & Medicaid Services, described the president’s hospital visits as routine checkups despite public skepticism.
- The exchange highlighted growing unease among some lawmakers about Trump’s fitness for office amid ongoing secrecy about his medical condition.