Trumps Slurring Of Word "States" During Israel Speech Terrifies GOP Analyst
‘That impairment is chilling’: GOP’s Steve Schmidt terrified by Trump’s slurring Israel speech
Republican strategist Steve Schmidt said President Donald Trump shows clear signs of physical and mental decline — and he challenged GOP lawmakers to speak up.
The president slurred his words during the announcement Wednesday that the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and Schmidt said Trump’s apparent impairment was even noticeable on the radio, without the visuals of television.
“It’s not the first instance, he’s clearly slurring his words,” Schmidt told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “I don’t know what the cause of it is, but when you combine it with (Sen.) Bob Corker’s critique that the president of the United States is unstable, that he’s dangerous, when you look at the private comments that are made by members of Congress around his stability, you look at his actions in recent weeks.”
“We look at the reality that on this day we talk about the Churchill-Roosevelt relationship where the president of the United States is not welcome in the United Kingdom, where there is a consensus among both parties in Great Britain that his presence next to the queen is an assault on her dignity by him standing next to her,” Schmidt continued. “When you look at all of this, this is worthy of discussion. The question of his fitness, of his stability, is in the air, and it doesn’t get better when you see clear impairments. I don’t know, is that a tooth problem ? Is that something else?”
Trump’s personal physician, who Schmidt compared to a character in the slapstick “Cannonball Run” movies, claimed Trump was the “healthiest individual ever elected” — but otherwise no details are publicly available about his fitness.
“Presidents every year typically to Bethesda Naval Hospital for a checkup,” Schmidt said. “This president, to my knowledge, is departing that. We don’t know what’s going on, but this is a legitimate issue worthy of consideration. This is the man who commands America’s nuclear arsenal. That video, that speech, that impairment is chilling.”
Host Joe Scarborough said numerous Republicans had told him and co-host Mika Brzezinski that Trump was not fit, just as senior Democratic lawmakers had questioned Barack Obama’s experience.
“We’re hearing it time and time again, (but) at some point somebody has to go in front of a camera and say that,” Scarborough said. “If we’re in the middle of a nuclear standoff, there are so many Republicans that have said that behind the scenes. I think for the good of this country, we need to have a public discussion, and Republicans other than Bob Corker need to start talking about it.”
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In the first minute of the video you will hear Trump slur his words. I think this is worth being curious about and to keep in mind as we go forward.
While I feel no sense of necessity in defending Trump at all, it appeared to me he was attempting to keep his teeth from falling out of his mouth. Like his dentures had come loose. What was interesting to me was, he has the ability to buy excellent dentures and/or implants, so WTF? Why was he clacking?
Because they don't make implants in 24 carat gold?
Good point.
Can't Congress compel him to have a physical? I think why he won't go to Bethesda for a check-up is because the doctors there won't keep their mouths closed
Maybe he has bad fitting dentures.
Seriously, he does at times seem to have minor speech impairments. It is something to keep an eye on. There is a rumor he is on prescription drugs that effect him this way, but without a mainstream source for it I won't seed it.
He got another bout of that extreme dry-mouth during this speech. This is something new with him. It never happened during even his longest diatribes during the campaign. This could be a drug effect. A lot of psychopharmcologic meds have anti-cholinergic side effects and dry mouth is at the top of the list for common side effects of those drugs.
He had that sniffing problem during one of the debates
I take prescription meds and suffer from dry mouth. I don't know which one is doing it, but I always have a bottle of water handy
So, Bethesda Docs are willing to break Doctor Client Confidentiality? I'm not sure they would agree with you, additionally, besides losing their medical Licenses, the military would court martial those doctors. I think you are way off base here. A doctor can only release info that the client, regardless of who that client is, has authorized.
You're right. It's just that with former presidents, the doctors have always had a press conference and given the people an update on the leader of the country.
If turnip has anything seriously wrong with him, I doubt if we'll ever know...even after the skies are filled with fire
The presidential physical is reported to the public , I believe. If not in every specific, in general.
hence my "big mouth" comment
It has been reported that he hasn't seen doctors in Bethesda. His health is a mystery. He does not avail himself of the healthcare that comes with the job.
He might be afraid. One little bad report and the 25th amendment could be invoked
I think it's more like he doesn't trust others to be as discreet as Doctor Feelgood and his magical prescription pad.
It'd be interesting to know if the 25th amendment could be applied to order him to be examined (and drug tested). That can be triggered by anyone in his cabinet. We just learned yesterday that VP Spence was pushing the idea of a "soft coup" after the Access Hollywood tape came out late in the campaign so I'd love to be a fly on the wall in the Pence household now.
Me, too. Apparently Mrs Pence is not enamored with the turnip
I'm not sure if they're able to diagnose someone who is a disconnected narcissistic moron...
they can do a DNA test and conclusively determine he's a turnip, can't they?
A turnip has an actual use, Trump is completely useless.
true...but what about an old dried up turnip?
Still has more uses than Trump, more women would rather sleep with the old dried up turnip than tiny hands Trump...
Oh my lord. Is this supposed to be serious?
No just another opportunity for the weak minded to trash....
More revealing of their state of mind than The Donald's....
you two will be fine if you just go find a playground that's more suitable to your sensibilities
WE already understood it's an echo chamber sweets, we are not staying, just looking around...
(although we might check back from time to time)
yer funny
I thought this place was a forum for adult conversation. Now I find out it's a playground. That explains this story.
You shouldn't truncate sentences just to prove your own point. It's bad form
Slurring of words by Trump? Nah. It is an intentional political calculation. It is Trump's subtle way of letting "his red hat base" know that ( he's ) one of them.