Sleepless Trump, Begs Dem Nemesis to Call Him in 3:45 AM Meltdown

Donald Trump was up bright and early Tuesday morning to go on a social media rant against his longtime enemy, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

The 80-year-old president, who has a habit of falling asleep in public, posted on Truth Social at 3:45 a.m. about Chicago’s crime rates and urged the Democratic governor to call him to address the problem.

“Chicago violence is unchecked and at record levels. It has never been worse! This weekend 41 people were shot, 3 DEAD. These numbers are becoming normalized. It is out of control,” Trump wrote.

“The city will die if the Federal Government, a fine-tuned crime-fighting machine, is not invited in, by the Mayor [Brandon Johnson] or Governor, to HELP. I am awaiting the call. Nobody should be forced to live under these conditions. Like D.C. and others, they will have almost no crime, FAST! The State and City can’t do what I do. Governor Pritzker, CALL!!!”

On Monday morning, Trump posted a message after appearing sleepy during an event in the Oval Office.

The president was accompanied by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and CMS Director Dr. Mehmet Oz to promote the administration’s health policy.

However, the 80-year-old president appeared tired during the event. He was seen closing his eyes several times, including for more than 20 seconds at one point.

Trump has long criticized Pritzker over Chicago’s crime rate and has repeatedly urged the governor to contact him, claiming he can fix the problem.

In June, amid a weekend of mass shootings in the city that left 39 injured and four dead, Trump tweeted on TruthSocial: “Why doesn’t Gov. Pritzker call me for help? I can make Chicago safe in a month.” “In a year, it will be one of the safest cities!”

Trump also cited his previous federal crime-fighting campaign in Washington, D.C., including the deployment of the National Guard, as evidence of his ability to combat violent crime. “I could do the same thing, but on a larger scale, in Chicago,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One in October 2025. “Pritzker should ask me.”

Studies have shown that while Trump’s deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., reduced opportunistic property crimes, such as theft and vandalism, it had no significant impact on violent crime, including murder, assault, and rape, in the nation’s capital.

Pritzker repeatedly declined to contact Trump for help in fighting crime in Chicago.

“This is the president who thought he could hire an incompetent company to paint a reflecting pool and then believe it would be algae-free,” Pritzker said in June. “This is the same president who didn’t realize that the Strait of Hormuz could be closed, or effectively paralyzed, by Iran if we went to war with them.”

He added, “I don’t think we should listen to this president when it comes to his promises, or that he has any idea how to protect us in Illinois.”

Trump’s 3:45 a.m. post on TruthSocial is the latest evidence that the 80-year-old president may not be getting enough sleep. He regularly posts extensively on TruthSocial late at night, then returns a few hours later to share updates. His last post before his message to Pritzker was five hours earlier: he had shared a photo of golfer Scottie Scheffler with Senator Eric Schmitt of Missouri.

Trump writes some of these posts himself, and his 35-year-old personal assistant, Natalie Harp, reportedly also has access to his account. The president’s special assistant and executive assistant each receive an annual salary of $150,000.

The Daily Beast previously published an article expressing concern about the frequency of the president’s posts on TruthSocial between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., noting that he had only managed to get enough sleep five days in April.