Trump is clearly a moron with some kind of clinical brain dysfunction, but this is just like 2 seconds of fumbling with words, which pretty much anyone who does public speaking can do. I was expecting more than like 2 second’s worth based on how big a deal the story sounded like.
IDK, maybe Newsweek is trying to run cover for him by running a big non-story about something innocuous to distract from the Nikki Haley / Nancy Pelosi thing.
Your take seems the most plausible to me, especially considering the clip they link to is super super short and removes any context.
I immediately wondered why this was a story given that clip.
I really don’t understand Newsweek.
Right, it’s one or two words he fumbles. His cognitive decline has been observed since 2016, nothing new here.
The article first says the video “is stoking concern among social media users” which, if you ask me, is not something news worthy. But then it goes on to point out how this was re-posted by the Biden campaign. Which does seems a little more of interest than just a bunch of yahoos on twitter pointing fingers.
Newsweek seems to always have a bullshit story above the fold and something somewhat relevant below it.
You aren’t wrong about any of this, but let’s not forget that a split second “BYAAAAAH” (Howard Dean) can tank an entire presidential run if it gets media attention.
With that said, Trump has had dozens of these blunders over the years. It means nothing.
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I mean they are both old as hell. I actually have been really pleased and surprised with what Biden’s done but he’s definitely old, and he doesn’t have Trump’s animating meanness energy to keep him sustained.
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The last time Newsweek reported on him 🙄
You have a twice-impeached president but focus on this?
Yeah. I’m becoming more and more convinced that Newsweek is blowing up non-stories about Trump to dilute genuine criticism of him by creating a “stupid criticism of Trump that has no merit” bucket in people’s minds.
Yeah, I’m sure THAT’S what will convince them to drop him. Not all the other far too many issues, but his slurred speech. For sure. /s
If it’s interpreted as weakness, maybe.
He’s an overweight 77 year old in heel lifts with a bad hair restoration job.
Weakness isn’t what bothers them. They just want somebody who hates all the same people they hate. To see their bumfuck opinions parroted back to them by a man in a tie.
Or if they believe he’s strong, then they can believe they are strong. Or smart or whatever they are insecure about.
He is, but that’s not what they see. What they see is the Ben Garrison body builder version of him. It’s why his catchphrase was “winning”, and everyone against him was a failing loser. I wouldn’t be surprised if the whole election denial thing was just them (and honestly, him) not being able to cope with taking an L.
This is exactly what it is.
There was another article I read earlier about typical old Republicans lamenting the fact that they had accomplished nothing to run on going into this election. That’s the old way of thinking. Now MAGA (The old Republican party is dead) voters only care about how badly you want to beat up the people Newsmax, Fox news, and whatever Billybob Basement Report podcast tells them to hate.
It’s actually pretty simple, but you won’t get any opposition to Trump while he’s alive because he cultivated an actual cult. DeSantis will have a better chance when Trump is dead as long as he can keep up the “beat up liberals, they’re the elite, they want to eat your babies, and they’re communists” bit.
This is fucking stupid. Donald Trump appears to run out of breath while saying “and everything else”. Surely this will convince the MAGA turds to abandon him. Surely it won’t just undermine legitimate criticism.
Sounds like Aphasia, maybe the 2 brain cells collided and caused a stroke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia
But I’m not an expert, it would have been nice to have the rest of the speech.
Trump’s picture has been my mnemonic for dysarthria which is a bit more of a precise term for what we’re talking about.
There’s also the possibility of tertiary syphilis.
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Long story short, one of the more savvy outlets of the Evangelical right.
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His speech wasn’t exactly attractive before. He sounds more and more like his base the longer this dog and pony show continues.
I’m not from the US, but I have the distinct opinion that both Biden and Trump are too old. My parents are/were younger, and I wouldn’t trust them with decisions about anything other than what they want for breakfast.
Bernie Sanders seems saner, but you guys really need some lesser-than-septuagenarian who has non-Xitter oomph, and who has compassion and respect for human life and the planet.
The same people voting for this fossil are saying Biden is too old. Their willfully ignorant hypocrisy is mind-blowing. I honestly don’t get how one can reach this level of cognitive dissonance without being aware of it.
- Is Donald Trump secretly a cyborg with malfunctioning speech synthesis software?
- Could he have accidentally taken Valium instead of his daily multivitamins?
- Did someone place a curse on him using an ancient Mayan spell for turning people into slow-talking zombies?
- Was he subjected to some top-secret government mind control experiment gone wrong?
- Has he been possessed by the ghost of James Earl Jones?
- Did aliens kidnap him, replaced him with a clone whose vocal chords were damaged during birth?
- Did he take part in a hypnotherapy session to become a more relaxed version of himself?
- Does he have a severe case of sleep apnea only exhibited when speaking in public?
- Was he attempting to record a hilarious hidden track for his next presidential album?
- Were his vocal cords affected by a mishap while eating spicy food before the event?
- Is there a chance he’s suffering from a neurological disorder such as Parkinson’s Disease?
- Is it possible he’s now fluent in Klingon and we’re all misinterpreting his guttural growls?
- Could it be that he has a rare form of laryngitis caused by shouting too loudly over the years?
- Or perhaps, he’s being remotely controlled by a puppet master through voice commands?
What are the chances he had a stroke, or a heart attack?
God I hope he did lol
It does not really raise questions. It just confirms many peoples’ suspicions: that he is senile and unfit for office.
I just briefly looked at the article, watched one video which was 30 seconds of people cheering and Trump being silent.
The second video was him speaking a few sentences and the last one he says something like ‘stay in Mexico until you tjhgwgqcannfonfbvafa’
Is that it? Trump’s a fucking loon but this shit empowers his voting base, it’s so minor it’s not even worth talking about
He’s slurred his words, forgotten words, used the wrong words, acts like he’s on ketamine half of the time.
He might be too old to be president, guys.
acts like he’s on ketamine
When I’m spangled on ketamine I’m a philosopher king compared to Trump.
I’m no Trump supporter but it’s pretty clear that he was just rushing through the words cause they didn’t matter. Didn’t even seem like a slurring of words to me.
Really, just him still being an actual candidate raises more questions for me.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
A video that appears to show Donald Trump slurring his words at a rally in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Sunday is stoking concern among social media users.
The five-second clip was shared on X, formerly Twitter, by the Biden-Harris HQ account, which is run by Joe Biden’s re-election campaign.
In the footage, taken from conservative outlet Right Side Broadcasting Network, Trump comments: “You don’t have to be a total genius, remain in Mexico, until you’ve…” at which point he becomes unintelligible for the final two seconds.
Republicans have focused heavily on the health and mental acumen of Joe Biden, with several arguing the 81-year-old doesn’t have the stamina for another four years in the White House.
The video from the Biden-Harris HQ was reshared on X by the ‘Biden’s Wins’ account, which has over 306,000 followers and added: "BREAKING: Donald Trump is slurring his words.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Sunday dropped out of the Republican leadership race and endorsed Trump, while claiming his main rival Nikki Haley represents “warmed over corporatism.”
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