Boy named Trump who fell asleep during the state of the Union hailed a hero | American News

Joshua Trump, an eleven-year-old boy, invited to his State of the Union speech by his presidential namesake, has fallen asleep and has been hailed as a hero of anti-Trump resistance.

Joshua Trump, a college student from Delaware, was invited to the event delayed by Melania Trump. He left school after being bullied because of his last name.

As the cameras headed towards the audience, we could see the boy napping, while Donald Trump renewed his promise to build a US-Mexican border and declared that illegal immigration was a "national crisis." urgent ".

A Twitter user, who posted a screenshot of the young Trump asleep, wrote: "JOSHUA TRUMP RULES."

"Joshua Trump, welcome to the resistance," said another.

Referring to Trump's "executive time", in which, according to a leaked schedule, the president spends nearly 60% of his time scheduled at the White House, the user then added: "Everyone needs to A little executive time ".

Jeffrey Evan Gold tweeted: "We were all Joshua Trump halfway through the (unrelated) presidency with the state of Trump Union."

Another user joked: "Joshua Trump is the only good Trump."

Joshua's parents told WPVI-TV that his comrades had called him "silly" and "stupid" for wearing the president's surname. Although they came out of school in 2017 to teach at home, when he returned to college the following year, bullying persisted.

His mother, Megan Trump, enrolled him in another school bus to avoid the students who teased him, but on the first trip, the driver questioned him on his name.

Joshua was one of 13 people to have received special invitations from the president and the first lady to the speech.