CNN host Kaitlin Collins has lifted the lid on how much White House aides struggle with a lack of shut-eye when accompanying Donald Trump on diplomatic trips abroad.
At 79, the president is at an age when studies have consistently indicated that sleep deficits have a far more pronounced impact on cognitive and physical health but the reality for Trump is a world away.
“I was just talking to someone about this because we wrote this story on what traveling with him is like in... I had this source who said, ‘You never wanna be on Air Force One on a trip,” the CNN host said.
“He doesn’t sleep on these trips,” Collins told podcaster Jason Tartick. “And like, you’re going to Asia or something, and that’s kind of the only time you’re going to sleep, before you go on this trip, but Trump is jus