Fox News made a desperate attempt to defend President Trump after he appeared to nod off during a meeting for the second time in a month, even comparing him to a genius inventor.

Trump, 79, appeared to catch a few tactical winks throughout a Cabinet meeting, but unfortunately, the media was in the room.

Dr. Marc Siegel, Senior Medical Analyst for Fox News, managed to spin this as an apparent sign of Trump’s bright mind. Speaking on The Ingraham Angle, host Laura Ingraham said she often closes her eyes when people are talking, and Siegel compared the president to a great inventor.

“Thomas Edison believed in the 10-minute nap, by the way. We wouldn’t have electricity, right?” he declared. Edison invented the incandescent lightbulb, not electricity.

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