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Doodley

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Mon Aug 12, 2024, 10:00 PM Aug 12

Reactions to Musk interview: "There's something wrong with Donald Trump." [View all]

Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk got off to a rough start Monday night after being delayed due to technical issues, but once the talk began listeners noticed something else was off: Trump’s speech.

“Why is Trump slurring his S sounds” asked author Kurt Andersen. “Shuch a shad s----uation’?”

The scheduled chat started 30 minutes late after Musk’s platform failed to launch a livestream, which Musk attributed to a “DDOS” attack. After the interview got underway, users were quick to point out that Trump didn’t sound as sharp as usual.

“Not a joke here: Trump is really badly slurring his words. This is quite disturbing,” wrote columnist Rex Huppke. “Something is wrong with him.”

“Trump is slurring in a way I've never heard from him before,” remarked podcaster Susan Simpson. “Elon sounds like this is maybe the third or fourth time he's had a conversation with a fellow human.”

“This is incredible, Trump is slurring like crazy, it sounds like his teeth are falling out. Elon is just saying 'Yeah, yeah' while Trump steamrolls him sounding like Sylvester the Cat.” wrote @the_real_matt_m.

“Was there a DDoS attack on Trump's voice that made him suddenly start to slur/lisp? Maybe his dentures are loose? Bizarre,” wrote @SeanColarossi.

"This is how you sound on day one of Invisalign," quipped Tim Hogan, former communications director for Amy Klobuchar.

https://www.rawstory.com/elon-musk-trump-2668951926/

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Strokin' it? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 12 #1
He's got to hang in there for the humiliation oasis Aug 12 #11
Weren't people reporting a lisp a couple of weeks ago Irish_Dem Aug 12 #2
Did he spazz out on Musk because of Musk's equipment failure, the way he did black journalists? tulipsandroses Aug 12 #3
Hmmm... TommyT139 Aug 12 #26
Musk and trump, what a combination. trump is in rapid mental decline... brush Aug 13 #53
Could the bullet have done more damage to him than anybody was willing to admit? ColinC Aug 12 #4
Yes, the shock or the PTSD may have triggered something. Doodley Aug 12 #13
"not as sharp as usual"??? WTAF ??? Have any of these people ever actually niyad Aug 12 #5
Well, when your "sharp as usual" is........ AZ8theist Aug 13 #36
I have a butter knife that's not as sharp as usual Zambero Aug 13 #52
When my grandfather had a stroke in front of me he was slurring and and talking gibberish kimbutgar Aug 12 #6
Stroke Thedemby Aug 12 #7
I saw in his eyes in his Friday press conference something I'd not seen in him before---a look in his eyes of fear, Doodley Aug 12 #9
Perhaps the realization of impending mortality has taken hold in his consciousness. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 12 #16
His chance to "fix" history is slipping away, judgement is Maru Kitteh Aug 13 #43
Loved the imagery! OAITW r.2.0 Aug 13 #45
or the effects of a Ketamine Cocktail EastBayGuy Aug 13 #56
Sundowner fatigue... getagrip_already Aug 12 #8
The content wasn't any better. It was nothing but the same Klarkashton Aug 12 #10
Finally people are saying there is something wrong with DJT? What took you so long? n/t Jacson6 Aug 12 #12
Something is going on with him Johnny2X2X Aug 12 #14
what could they possibly be hiding Skittles Aug 12 #17
It's not "us" they're hiding him from Wednesdays Aug 13 #38
I think if they haven't figured it out by now Skittles Aug 13 #40
The Heritage Foundation would be happy to prop up "Bernie" to get the WH back. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 13 #47
Do his handlers keep him sedated so his babbling idiot episode are held to a minimum ? magicarpet Aug 12 #15
I am not even joking Johnny2X2X Aug 12 #18
Apparently he was in Aspen Sat night for a huge fundraiser. niyad Aug 12 #34
Why campaign, when you expect a D-Day assault against the popular vote? OAITW r.2.0 Aug 13 #49
I think that's the current plan. wnylib Aug 12 #25
Probably. He seemed sedated in an ad I saw recently MyMission Aug 13 #35
Meh, maybe he just had a bad hair implant. gab13by13 Aug 12 #19
Honestly, it could be that. Johnny2X2X Aug 12 #20
Sylvester the cat. ROFL BootinUp Aug 12 #21
No doubt that will elicit BattleRow Aug 12 #33
This is my favorite line: Polly Hennessey Aug 12 #22
Fellow human? BattleRow Aug 12 #32
Yeah Speaks2 Aug 13 #50
Maybe Rebl2 Aug 12 #23
I think he might take uppers Johnny2X2X Aug 12 #31
Maybe the "DDOS attack" Chellee Aug 12 #24
The delay arrival in Montana landing at the different airport,... magicarpet Aug 12 #28
Who needs a beat when your teeth just go C_U_L8R Aug 12 #27
This happened to him a few years ago Poiuyt Aug 12 #29
To say nothing of Wall Street and the performance of the sock rocket . . . hatrack Aug 13 #55
Or was it... 2naSalit Aug 12 #30
Trump and Musk BGRD Aug 13 #37
Egoloon shouldn't have fired the competent people at twitter. traitortrump needs a rubber room. Hermit-The-Prog Aug 13 #39
Probably anti anxiety meds. C Moon Aug 13 #41
Something's not quite right with him JoseBalow Aug 13 #42
Oddly little discussion of interview at the maga FReak site now. That's a tell. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 13 #44
Recommended! H2O Man Aug 13 #46
Stroke! Stroke! Stroke! Orrex Aug 13 #48
Call marjorie bleach blonde bad built butch body green gixxerlee Aug 13 #51
Melania is slipping little dosages of arsenic in his Big Macs. magicarpet Aug 13 #54
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