Trump said he was ‘sharper than I was 25 years ago.’ Then he spent an hour appearing to doze off

President Donald Trump appears to doze during a meeting of his Cabinet on Tuesday. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

At the start of a Cabinet meeting just after noon ET on Tuesday, President Donald Trump made his seemingly obligatory reference to “Sleepy Joe” Biden.

Then he assured he was “sharper than I was 25 years ago,” while rebuking The New York Times for a lengthy and detailed story last week laying out how the 79-year-old president appears to have slowed down during his second term.

“Trump is sharp, but they’re not sharp,” Trump said of the newspaper.

Trump chastised reporters for what he cast as unfair treatment when it comes to his health and stamina, adding, “You people are crazy.”

But over the next hour and a half, Trump struggled to embody the sharpness and vigor he had