A president’s guide to dozing in public

The most recent sign that this country is a little off: A former president seems to be falling asleep at his hush money trial involving a porn star, and it’s the falling asleep part that’s somehow the most captivating and embarrassing thing about it.

Several times over the past week, during his courtroom appearances in New York, former president Donald Trump appeared to nod off, slumping forward briefly and then jerking awake like a college sophomore who partied too late and was forcing himself to get through a 9 a.m. macroeconomics lecture.