President Trump is always on watch.

Even during long plane rides.

On Thursday, while speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump revealed why he doesn’t sleep on planes.

The 47th President shared he doesn’t sleep on planes because he has to always be on alert for a potential enemy attack.

Fox News provided further details on why Trump doesn’t sleep on planes:

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President Donald Trump quipped during his speech at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, “I don’t sleep on planes. I don’t like sleeping on planes. You know. I like looking out the window, watching for missiles and enemies, actually,” Trump said on Thursday, drawing laughter from the crowd.

Trump joined the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning, which pulls together bipartisan lawmakers, business leaders and foreign dignitaries to reflect on faith and prayer for the nation. It was the sixth time Trump has attended the event since his first administration in 2017.

The president has long been known to avoid sleeping while flying on Air Force One. His quip about looking for missiles came as he recounted first meeting Daniel “Raizin” Caine, who now serves as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about defeating ISIS during his first term.

Caine told Trump that an area had been prepared for him to nap during the 20-hour journey, which Trump refused so the pair could discuss strategies to wipe out ISIS.

“I said, ‘What’s your first name?’ ‘Raizin, sir. They call me Raizin.’ And I say, ‘what the hell kind of a name is that? Right?’” Trump joked.

Watch the moment Trump said it here:

We know of at least one person in the Trump administration who does sleep on planes, and that’s Marco Rubio.

People reported a hilarious way Marco Rubio attempts to get shut-eye on long flights when traveling with Trump:

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he hides his naps from President Donald Trump when they’re flying on Air Force One together.

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“There’s an office with two couches, and I usually want to sleep on one of those two couches,” Rubio, 54, told New York magazine in an article published Monday, Jan. 26.

“But what I do is I cocoon myself in a blanket,” he added. “I cover my head. I look like a mummy.”

“And I do that because I know that at some point on the flight, [Trump is] going to emerge from the cabin and start prowling the hallways to see who is awake,” Rubio said.

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