The Daily Show just gave America a 10-hour Christmas gift we didn’t know we needed: footage of Donald Trump repeatedly nodding off at public events, set to “Silent Night” and crackling over a yule log.

Merry Christmas from the President of the United States, who apparently can’t stay awake through his own administration.

WHAT’S GOING ON: On Christmas Eve, the show dropped its festive roast of the 78-year-old president’s growing habit of catching some z’s during official business. The video loops footage of Trump dozing at various public events, because when you’re running the country into the ground, apparently it’s exhausting.

THE DETAILS: What makes this particularly delicious is the soundtrack. The Daily Show layered in clips of Trump—from a podcast appearance on “Flagrant” and a rally in Coachella, California, both from October 2024—declaring he would never sleep in front of cameras. These were digs at Joe Biden at the time. (SURPRISE: They aged like milk left in the sun.)

Trump has been repeatedly caught allegedly “being briefed by the sandman” instead of doing his actual job. The man who made Biden’s age a centerpiece of his campaign criticism is now the one who can’t make it through a roundtable without a power nap.

OF COURSE: This is the same guy who questioned whether Biden had the stamina for the presidency. The same guy whose supporters chanted about “Sleepy Joe.” The projection is so predictable you could set a clock by it—if Trump could stay awake long enough to read one.

WHY IT MATTERS: Look, we can all enjoy a good roast. But there’s something deeply unserious about a president who can’t stay conscious during official events while simultaneously claiming to be the high-energy solution to an aging predecessor. The Daily Show’s yule log is funny, but it’s also a reminder: this man holds the nuclear codes while nodding off during briefings. Maybe Santa should’ve brought something stronger than NoDoz to Mar-a-Lago.