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Trump Posts 565 Overnight, Nods Off, Raises Dementia Concerns

5/3/2026

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President Donald Trump’s overnight Truth Social activity has raised alarm over his sleep loss and possible mental-health decline.
He posted 565 Truth Social messages in April 2024, with a third sent between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Camera footage showed Trump nodding off during an April 6 Cabinet briefing while staffer Natalie Harp supplied printed material.
Medical research links sleep deprivation to doubled dementia risk, a concern given Trump’s family history of Alzheimer’s.

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President Donald Trump’s overnight Truth Social activity has raised alarm over his sleep loss and possible mental-health decline.
He posted 565 Truth Social messages in April 2024, with a third sent between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
Camera footage showed Trump nodding off during an April 6 Cabinet briefing while staffer Natalie Harp supplied printed material.
Medical research links sleep deprivation to doubled dementia risk, a concern given Trump’s family history of Alzheimer’s.