The alleged naps President Donald Trump appears to be taking during meetings are a reflection of how tired Americans are with his administration, a political commentator has suggested.

Chauncey DeVega wrote that while Trump may be tired and falling asleep in meetings, the public is "exhausted" with administrative shortcomings that have sunk the president's approval rating. Writing in Salon, DeVega compared the sleeping president to the hardships of the American people.

He wrote, "Like his predecessors, he [Trump] embodies the fears, hopes and collective mood of the nation. He is clearly tired. In that way, he is a mirror for the American people. But while Trump may be merely tired, the American people are truly exhausted."

DeVega would go on to suggest this exhaustion is an active plan from the administration, rather than an accident which is hindering the public. He continued, "Since he returned to office in January, Trump has used a “shock and awe” strategy to undermine American democracy and society.

"A core element of this plan is to leave the public confused, disoriented, overwhelmed and exhausted, which his administration has done to great effect.

"Autocrats and authoritarians know that an exhausted and distracted public is a compliant public, and one that is less capable of engaging in collective action and other forms of resistance."

Pollsters across the country are charting a massive decline in support for Trump, with even the MAGA faithful abandoning the president and party. MAGA pollster Mark Mitchell of Rasmussen Reports warned that Trump was "losing Republicans" because he wasn't giving them "what we voted for."

He said, "I'm just saying that they want their [Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco]. And I kind of think a lot of people thought Donald Trump would be that person.

"And so these things that we've seen have, you know, drawn blood. Donald Trump's down to a negative 12 net approval rating, which puts him on par at about three months after COVID in the middle of the George Floyd riots."