WATCH: Trump says he closed his eyes in the last Cabinet meeting because 'it got pretty boring'

President Donald Trump said Thursday that his last Cabinet meeting was boring but insists he didn't fall asleep.

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The president said of his Cabinet meeting in December, "It was a little bit on the boring side."

Recalling being seen as struggling to keep his eyes open during that gathering, Trump insisted, "I didn't sleep. I just closed them because I wanted to get the hell out of there."

The comment drew laugher, including Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who has made a trademark of laughing loudest during Cabinet meetings.

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Potentially less funny for those gathered during Thursday's meeting, Trump said not everyone would be allowed to speak to save time.

"We're not going to go through the whole table," the president said, after he opened the meeting by speaking for nearly 25 minutes straight.

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