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Sleepy Joe, meet Dozing Donald . When Donald Trump showed up at the pope’s funeral in a blue suit, the fashion and protocol police of social media immediately proclaimed him guilty of disrespecting the pontiff . Within minutes, there were bitingly sarcastic memes — photos of Trump and Vlodomir Zelenskyy in which the Ukraine president asks, “Don’t you own a black suit?” But, it turns out, that wasn’t Trump’s biggest faux pas: He was also caught using his phone , and shortly into the ceremony, he fell asleep .
(Some accused him of snoring, too, but without the audio, it’s tough to convict!) 1) “Sleepy Joe”, the MAGA said. Trump falls asleep and snores at the pope’s funeral. But let’s see more evidence of Sleepy Don next⬇️ pic.
twitter.com/aCP8phvGxP That led to other photos that had caught Trump dozing off in other situations: “Sleepy Don” snoozing during his cabinet meeting. pic.
twitter.com/BmzrqpA6fw And it also brought the inevitable comparisons with Biden, who also attended the pope’s funeral and appeared to have energy to burn: President Biden attended today on Pope Francis' funeral at St. Peter Basillica in Vatican.
pic.twitter.com/gVKzSdu86G Still others made Melania jokes: “Funerals are the only place Melania will allow Trump to sleep beside her,” one account tweeted.
MAGA apologists quickly mounted their defense : Lots of people wore blue suits; if Trump was on his phone, it was probably a national security emergency; if he fell asleep, so what, he probably wasn’t the only one. Despite Francis’ focus on the powerless, the powerful were out in force at his funeral. Trump and Biden, Zelenskyy, U.
N. Secretary-General António Guterres and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined Prince William and continental European royals leading more than 160 official delegations. Argentine President Javier Milei had pride of place given Francis’ nationality, even if the two didn’t particularly get along and the pope alienated many in his homeland by never returning there .
In an extraordinary development, Trump and Zelenskyy met privately on the sidelines. A photo showed the two men sitting alone, facing one another and hunched over on chairs in St. Peter’s Basilica, where Francis often preached the need for a peaceful end to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
According to Vatican estimates, some 250,000 people flocked to the funeral Mass at the Vatican and 150,000 more lined the motorcade route through downtown Rome to witness the first funeral procession for a pope in a century. They clapped and cheered “Papa Francesco” as his simple wooden coffin traveled aboard a modified popemobile to St. Mary Major Basilica, some 6 kilometers (3.
5-miles) away. As bells tolled, the pallbearers brought the coffin past several dozen migrants, prisoners and homeless people holding white roses outside the basilica. Once inside, the pallbearers stopped in front of the icon of the Virgin Mary that Francis loved.
Four children deposited the roses at the foot of the altar before cardinals performed the burial rite at his tomb in a nearby niche. The AP contributed to this report. Our journalism needs your support.
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