Trump opens up about ‘the only thing I admired about sleepy Joe Biden’

President Trump gave backhanded praise to former President Joe Biden this week, lauding his predecessor’s unique ability to quickly fall asleep.

“The only thing I admired about sleepy Joe Biden is the following,” Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham in an interview recorded Tuesday. “He’d go to a beach, lay down on a cot — barely able to get his feet through the sand — he’d lay down and within minutes he’s sleeping and have cameras watching.”

“I could never do that,” Trump continued. “I would never be able to sleep like that. That’s the only thing that I think that was wonderful. It was a disaster, this man was a disaster.”

During Trump’s first term, then-White House physician Dr. Ronny Jackson claimed that the commander-in-chief was getting by on four to five hours of sleep per night.

“I don’t sleep much,” the 47th president told Ingraham this week. “A lot of people that love what they are doing don’t sleep much, I find. And so far it’s been OK.”

Throughout much of Biden’s presidency, Trump mocked him as “sleepy Joe,” continuing the tradition of using belittling nicknames for his rivals — including “Little Marco [Rubio]” and “Crooked Hillary [Clinton].”

Biden frequently vacationed at Rehoboth Beach during his presidency and was occasionally photographed lounging near the ocean.

On the campaign trail, Trump ribbed Biden’s beach body, expressing befuddlement about why the 46th president was fine with being photographed near the ocean.

“He goes to the beach all the time,” then-candidate Trump riffed during a campaign rally last October. “Somebody told him he looks great in a bathing suit. Typically — typically — an 82-year-old man does not look great in a bathing suit. There may be a couple, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen it.”

Despite the barbs, Trump has said Biden left him an “inspirational” note in the Oval Office’s Resolute Desk during the transition, in keeping with tradition.

“My prayer is that in the coming years will be a time of prosperity, peace, and grace for our nation,” Biden wrote in the letter. “May God bless you and guide you as He has blessed and guided our beloved country since our founding.”

Earlier this week, Trump took another dig at Biden by yanking Secret Service protection for former first children Ashley and Hunter Biden.

He also cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 46th president’s pardons due to his use of autopen.