CNN’s Jim Acosta And Crew Brutally Mock Trump Falling Asleep In Court: ‘Enemy Of The Sleeple!’

CNN anchor Jim Acosta and his morning crew brutally mocked former President Donald Trump because he reportedly nodded off in court after years of portraying President Joe Biden as “Sleepy Joe.”

Monday was a dramatic day as Trump’s trial on 34 felony counts of allegedly falsifying business records to pay off porn star Stormy Daniels got underway.

There were courtroom fireworks and Trump rants — and there was the Nap Heard Round The World that was reported, in an especially cruel twist, by Maggie Haberman — the reporter with the most influence over Trump.

On Tuesday morning’s edition of CNN This Morning, Acosta convened CNN regulars and analysts Lulu Garcia-Navarro, David Frum, Shermichael Singleton, and Elliot Williams to take turns laughing at and mocking Trump with gags like “Fake Snooze!” and “Enemy of the Sleeple!”:

JIM ACOSTA: So he did get elected even though the Access Hollywood tape came out. So, I mean, there is that but I mean, Lulu, I the other thing is, the New York Times, Maggie Haberman was in that room and reports, we put this on screen. Trump quote “appeared to nod off a few times, his mouth going slack and his head drooping onto his chest. The former president’s lead lawyer, Todd Blanche, passed him notes for several minutes before Mr. Trump appeared to jolt awake and notice them.”.

CNN’s own reporting, we should note is that Trump had his eyes closed for several minutes while leaning back in his chair. I, you know, what’s your sense of this? So if my question is not making you nod off.

(laughter)

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO Yeah, okay. Sorry. Where am I again? It’s early. Yeah. What I would say is, first of all, he’s old. And old men take naps. It was a long proceeding. And so that I would just say in his, in his, in his defense.

The other thing I would say is this what is so interesting about this trial, and I think was a mistake strategically, is that it is not on television. And so we are relying on the fantastic Maggie Haberman and others who are in the courtroom to tell us this.

But did you see what the defense actually did and Trump’s people? Actually did. They denied it. They said it did not happen and that it was lies. And so at this point, it’s–.

JIM ACOSTA: Fake Snooze?

(laughter)

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO Not only Donald, but it’s not only Donald Trump who is on trial. It is actually, again, as with everything to do with Donald Trump, reality and truth itself. And there will be a segment of the population who simply do not believe that he nodded off.

If this had happened on television and you we were all playing that tape, it might have had an impact to the way that people perceive this trial. But instead it is going to again be filtered through the partisan lens.

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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO Word of the day. contematious. That’s all I have to say about that.

JIM ACOSTA: Way to go. I mean, that’s better than Fake Snooze. I, and I worked on that.

ELLIOTT WILLIAMS: And Enemy of the Sleeple–

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JIM ACOSTA: Yeah. All right. Well, guys, I doubt anybody at home is nodding off after the conversation. So keep it up. Keep it up guys. Thanks a lot.

Watch above via CNN This Morning.