Boy named Trump who fell asleep during State of the Union hailed a hero

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Boy named Trump who fell asleep during State of the Union hailed a hero

Joshua Trump, 11, wakes up a celebrity after dozing off during presidential address

Amy Walker
Wed 6 Feb 2019 11.46 GMT

An 11-year-old boy called Joshua Trump who was invited by his presidential namesake to his State of the Union speech fell asleep and has been hailed as a hero of the anti-Trump resistance.

Joshua Trump, a middle-school student from Delaware, was invited to the delayed event by Melania Trump. He dropped out of school after being bullied because of his last name.

As cameras panned to the audience, the boy could be seen napping while Donald Trump renewed his promise to build a US-Mexico border and declared illegal immigration “an urgent national crisis”.

One Twitter user, who posted a screenshot of the younger Trump asleep, wrote: “JOSHUA TRUMP RULES.”

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/06/the-trump-who-fell-asleep-during-state-of-the-union-hailed-a-hero


Joshua Trump (right) during the State of the Union address with fellow special guest Grace Eline and Melania Trump. Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

[Thomas Hurt]

1. The only honest one in the room, everyone else was being polite or

cult of personality addled.

[MontanaMama]

2. Poor kiddo.

He’s up way too late.

[Cha]

16. So let me get this straight.. Big trump is

the poster bully for bullies.. so melania takes this little trump to the sotu because kids are bullying him 'cause his name is trump, like the Big Bully in the WH.. the role model for bullies the world over?

I feel for the kid but this is some major gaslit shite here.

[Achilleaze]

18. republicans invited the kid to make it plain this was no SOTU, but a Pity Party for Dirty Donny

[MontanaMama]

21. That's about right.

He is, after all, from the party of NO Personal Responsibility.

[MontanaMama]

23. Yes ma'am.

And what parents refuse to see the Team MF45 end game here and STILL let their child be a pawn?

[workinclasszero]

3. This kid knows whats up!

Link to tweet

[C_U_L8R]

4. What's with Pouty McPoutface?

Trying out her Mrs Mussolini look?

[Cha]

15. I was just gonna say.. melania looks

way bitter there.

[Harker]

5. I had never noticed the swastika pattern

on the upholstery before.

[GReedDiamond]

13. Well spotted...KnR...nt

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

6. I never understood the purpose of Grace Eline sitting next to Melania, and why IQ45 told her story.

It's an inspiring story that after she raised money for St. Jude's, Grace contracted brain cancer and has now completed radiation therapy, but what was the point of it? That we don't need the ACA because kids will fund medical research and treatment? That children don't need medical insurance because they can get it free from organizations like St. Jude's?

Call me a cynic, but I think Trump was looking for a guaranteed ovation with all members of both houses standing and smiling. That image -- absent the girl -- could be used in campaign propaganda to show how he has overwhelming bipartisan support for his policies.

BTW, check out Melania's expression as she pays rapt attention to her husband's every babble. I wonder if she's bored, or if her face is frozen in that expression because of too much plastic surgery?

[Dr Vegas]

9. considering the struggles we had to face

to renew CHIp (CHildren's Health Insurance Program) I don't see the point either

[Tanuki]

17. Especially ironic since Trump skimmed $1.2 million from donations people thought would go to St.Jude

via the Eric Trump "Foundation" but instead were funneled by that vile scum into the Trump Organization.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/06/06/how-donald-trump-shifted-kids-cancer-charity-money-into-his-business/#382b83e96b4a

[Blue Owl]

7. Hope he farted in his sleep!

n/t

[greatauntoftriplets]

8. Boring speech,I guess.

[COLGATE4]

10. Melania looks joyful (as usual)

[ProudLib72]

11. Will Melanie's husband hear of this?

If so, will he take it out on Melanie?

"I've got the best words, but that little fucker you invited fell asleep in the middle of my speech!"

[akraven]

12. Remember Woodstock & "the whole world's watching"?

Got your 15 minutes young man, and everyone loves it!

[Cha]

14. It's all for show.. like melania trump gives one

shit about who her stupid husband bullies.

[jcgoldie]

19. Don't know much about him but...

...he was obviously the most intelligent Trump in the room.

[malaise]

20. It's the perfect metaphor for Trump

executive time

[lpbk2713]

22. He's thinking ...

I gave up World of Warcraft for this?