Treasury Sec. Wilbur Ross seems to have fallen asleep during Trump’s UN address earlier today. Watch here:
Ross had his eyes firmly closed for as long as 15 minutes, video suggested, as Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave the impression of listening intently to Trump."This is fake news," Ross said in a statement issued to CNBC by the Commerce Department, hours after this article first was published.
"Immediately following the President's remarks, I attended bilateral meetings with the leaders of the United Kingdom and India, and, later in the day, will have follow-up meetings with officials from the United Kingdom and South Korea," Ross said. "On Sunday, I will depart on twelve days of official travel to London, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Yangon, Naypyitaw, Canberra, and Sydney."Despite Ross's protestations to the contrary, this would not be the first time that he was caught out
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