This video demonstrates how political accountability requires evidence-based debate, where claims about leadership fitness must be substantiated with concrete evidence rather than assertions. In this House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Representative Ted Lieu challenged Secretary of State Marco Rubio about President Trump's alleged sleeping during cabinet meetings, presenting video evidence to question the president's cognitive abilities. Rubio countered by describing the president's intense work schedule, including late-night calls and constant activity, arguing that the videos were misinterpreted. The exchange illustrates the importance of verifying claims through direct evidence and the role of congressional oversight in questioning executive leadership.
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Watch Marco Rubio's MIC DROP Response to 'Dozy Don' AllegationsAdded:
You have been at multiple meetings with President Trump. In a moment, I'm going to show you a video of one of these meetings. It is from last December. It's a cabinet meeting. I'm going to ask you to focus on President Trump and you will see that he is sleeping while you are talking.
>> Oh my god.
>> Please show the video.
products they make and and what American farmers grow and produce has a fair shot to be sold around the world on issue after issue. That's been the case. You talk about foreign aid reforms. This is not our money. This is taxpayer money.
>> Secretary Rubio, have you been at more than one meeting where President Trump has fallen asleep?
>> That's false.
That's false. I've never seen him fall asleep. On the contrary, the guy doesn't sleep, which is a big problem because he calls me at 2:00 in the morning, he calls me at 5:00 in the morning, and you know, I like to sleep a little bit, maybe not 12 hours or but at least 6.
So, he works. The other day he was at the Oval Office in 12:30 p.m. I 12:30 a.m. I don't know what you're talking about, >> Rubio. I'm going to show you in a moment a video that shows you just lied to Congress.
>> Oh, okay. So this is a video of a cabinet meeting literally from last month where Donald Trump is sleeping while you are talking. Please show this video.
>> Coalition of countries that line up behind the peace deal, behind the border peace and it's still an every day is a challenge but it's been driven personally by the president. It's the reason why we're involved in this whole Ukraine Russia conflict. That's not our war. It's not the president's war. This war started it never would have happened if you'd been president. But this war is going on and the president is trying to end it.
>> You are literally talking about issues of war and peace and Donald Trump is sleeping right next to you.
>> No, he's not.
>> If Donald Trump cannot stay awake at these important meetings where the cameras are rolling. Imagine what he's like when the cameras are not there. So, I'm going to ask you, have you been at classified meetings where Donald Trump has fallen asleep or have trouble staying awake?
>> Meeting. I've never been at any meeting where and the things you're showing me now. He was not falling asleep and and I think so foreign affairs of the United States House of Representative Congress about sleep.
>> You're lying to Congress, Secretary Rubio. So I'm going to show you another video in a moment. The president's inability, the president's inability to stay awake on the job has caused other countries to perceive him differently.
They mock him. They see he is weak and he is feeble. This is a video of a French news channel talking about Donald Trump falling asleep at a Memorial Day ceremony. Please show this video.
>> Well, Mark, a video that appears to show Donald Trump falling asleep at a uh Memorial Day ceremony this Monday has been circulating heavily online and internet users have a lot to say about it. It's also reignited rumors about the state of the US president's health. Now, in the video in social media, users say that Trump is fighting sleep whilst he listens to the speech given by Defense Secretary Pete Hexus and that his eyes appear to be closed for a large portion of the ceremony. Now, we need to remember here that this is a ceremony to honor and remember those uh those US military personnel who have died while serving in the armed forces. And the idea that Trump was asleep at a somber ceremony like this, well, that has triggered outrage online. Donald Trump's inability to stay awake on the job shows that there's something very wrong with his health or cognitive abilities. And in fact, on a number of occasions, Donald Trump will contradict himself in literally the same meeting or interview.
In this video I'm about to show, it shows that Donald Trump says the Iranian military is both destroyed and not destroyed at the same time. Something that Dina Titus alluded to. Please show this video.
of leadership out. We've actually left their military alone. People would be surprised to hear that because mistakes have been made in wars where you wipe out everybody and then you have a country that's, you know, for 40 years can never rebuild. You look at what happened with Iraq. We did uh Iran is in a very bad position. They have no military. They all they have is good talk and they have a fake press.
So, Secretary Rubio, instead of holding North Korean style cabinet meetings where everyone goes around the room kissing Donald Trump's ass, I'm going to ask you to come clean with American people and the White House as well.
There's something wrong with Donald Trump's health or cognitive abilities.
There's a reason he keeps going to the hospital and they keep giving him cognitive tests. We have not seen the president in eight days. The American people deserve the truth. I yield back.
Um, I don't even know how to respond to that other than to tell you that it's absurd and ridiculous and I can't believe we're in a foreign affairs committee meeting in front of the House in an important time in American foreign policy.
>> Just keep lying. Just keep so supposedly someone who thinks he's a medical expert when he's not. The truth of the matter is we had a cognitively impaired president in office a few years ago.
That's a cognitively impaired president, but I don't like to talk about that because it weakens America. This president we have, this is a guy that literally doesn't sleep. He works day and night, long hours, every single day.
I don't know if you haven't seen him in eight days. I saw him yesterday. I didn't see him today, but yesterday because I was in Congress the day before. I talked to him at all hours of the day and night. He works inhumane hours. Okay? I've been on I've been on foreign trips with the president that he doesn't sleep in the whole flight and everyone else is sleeping on the plane and he's, you know, wandering the hallways looking for someone to wake up and talk to that people. So, I don't know what you're referring to, but he has an incredible amount of energy. I'm just telling you all, you may not like his policies. You may not like his policies. You may not like the decisions he's made. But I assure you, this is not a president that sleeps or is cognitively impaired in any way, shape, or form. And in fact, is is incredibly active, much more so in many cases than much younger people that are around him.
Those are facts. I see it every day.
You're not going to agree because you have another narrative that you want to push, but those are the facts. Three videos of him sleeping.
>> Representative Isa is recognized.
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