The genius columnist Art Buchwald won a Pulitzer Prize for a compilation of his articles in a book called While Reagan Slept. The sharp stinging articles documented how America watched President Reagan’s inattentiveness, his long vacations, his sleeping through cabinet meetings, forgetfulness and lack of grip over issues and yet nobody lost hope that he would snap out of it.

When George H W Bush became President he promised America, he would be “wake me, shake me” president. In 2008, Hillary Clinton ran the famous ‘3 am red phone’ advertisement, promising America that she would be there to take crisis calls any time of the night and she would make those crucial decisions expected out of a head of state.