President Donald Trump took a swipe at Joe Biden during a press conference Thursday, cracking a joke that cut straight to the heart of his long-running critique: Biden’s perceived absence from the job.
“Unlike Biden, I stay up at night thinking about how to save our country,” Trump said. “He was much better at sleeping than me—could sleep on a beach with cameras rolling. I can’t do that.”
The jab drew laughter from the crowd, but Trump kept going, underscoring the contrast he’s built his campaign around: energy versus apathy, engagement versus decline.
“Somebody asked, ‘Who came up with that line?’ I said, ‘Me.’ Because it’s true,” he added.
President Trump: “Unlike Biden, I stay awake at night thinking about how to save our country. He was much better at sleeping than me. He could sleep on a beach with cameras rolling. I can’t do that.”
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The moment wasn’t just comic relief—it was strategy. Trump has repeatedly hammered Biden as too frail and too checked-out to handle the demands of the presidency, reviving his “Sleepy Joe” moniker as concerns grow about Biden’s mental sharpness.
The remark also followed Trump’s policy blitz earlier in the week, including a bold move to dismantle California’s EV mandates and a wave of executive action targeting border security and fentanyl trafficking. While Trump framed himself as the one losing sleep over America’s safety and economic future, Biden, he implied, could barely stay awake through his own presidency.
It’s the contrast Trump wants every voter to see: one man wide awake at 3 a.m. thinking about national strength—another caught napping on duty.