Donald Trump has addressed speculation he dozed off during a cabinet meeting in December. (AP PHOTO)Donald Trump has addressed speculation he dozed off during a cabinet meeting in December. Trump says he was not asleep, just bored, during his cabinet meeting in ​December, when he shut his eyes for several extended periods. Look, it got pretty boring," Trump told ⁠laughing officials in the White House cabinet room. Trump made the comments during a televised 81-minute cabinet meeting on Thursday, US time, which he abbreviated from its usual format by skipping several officials and a back-and-forth with reporters on the news of the day.