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While speaking at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, during its graduation, Trump, 79, slurred part of his remarks, appearing to have trouble speaking.
Our national slengtheses is back, he told the graduates, as he jumbled up the word strength.
We are a confident country again. We have confidence is back, he added.
Trump has been seen slurring his words many times over the past few months, raising questions about his mental cognition ahead of his annual medical exam on May 26.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-79-slurs-through-rambling-commencement-speech-at-coast-guard-academy-in-connecticut/
The Blue Flower
(6,612 posts)We're way past cognition.
hlthe2b
(114,750 posts)dementia--especially in FTD (frontotemporal dementia) along with his gait and arm deficits on the right side of his body.
Likewise explains all those MRIs, his bruised hands (there is experimental intravenous immune therapy potentially available for FTD in clinical trial--but of course he'd merely demand FDA provide it), and the crude (yet readily administered) repeated cognitive tests, the frequent attempts at balancing lifts in his shoes (though given his lower limb venous occlusion, I've noted those aren't seen much lately), and on occasion, what seems to be additional bracing under his jacket and down one pants leg--beyond any Kevlar vest in public.
displacedvermoter
(5,025 posts)brought about by Tertiary Phase Syphilis. But that it is just me...
Rob H.
(5,926 posts)You know, you dont really realize how important the Coast Guard is until you have a hurricane, before he went there, because of course he did.