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pnwmom

(110,348 posts)
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:04 PM Friday

Posts claim Trump hallucinated conversation with Teddy Roosevelt.

During a speech in Medora, North Dakota, on July 1, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed he spoke with former President Theodore Roosevelt, asking him whether he considered the Panama Canal his finest accomplishment. Roosevelt, it should be noted, died in 1919.

Many social media users expressed concern at Trump's remarks, claiming he had hallucinated the interaction, and said his apparent lapse in mental acuity could justify removing the 80-year-old from office.

But although the president's words in the moment might have been somewhat inaccurate, he hadn't hallucinated an interaction with the 26th president. During a tour of the new Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, Trump spoke with an artificial intelligence representation of Roosevelt. https://www.snopes.com/news/2026/07/02/trump-teddy-roosevelt-conversation/
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Posts claim Trump hallucinated conversation with Teddy Roosevelt. (Original Post) pnwmom Friday OP
I wouldn't be surprised at all that he hallucinated a conversation Grim Chieftain Friday #1
I hope it's not too late. Haggard Celine Friday #6
Thank you! QueerDuck Friday #2
I figured that out by reading the story. Sheeessshhh Srkdqltr Friday #3
It has been widely reported. But, again. Does Trump even understand the concept of hlthe2b Friday #5
Umm, just because there was an interactive AI representation of Teddy R, doesn't mean Trump did not hlthe2b Friday #4

Grim Chieftain

(2,371 posts)
1. I wouldn't be surprised at all that he hallucinated a conversation
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:20 PM
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with TR or anyone else. Time and time again we have heard from mental health experts that he is seriously mentally ill and does not have a grip on reality. The warnings have been ignored, and no one has intervened. He is a clear and present danger to our country and its citizens. I fear it will take something horrific to get the attention of those in power, but by then it may be too late.

Haggard Celine

(18,056 posts)
6. I hope it's not too late.
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 07:09 PM
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Something horrific has happened. And still they voted to let that war continue. I don't know what's going on, but it ain't good.

hlthe2b

(115,328 posts)
5. It has been widely reported. But, again. Does Trump even understand the concept of
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:48 PM
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AI-generated interactive (deadbot) displays? I have my doubts.

After all, his constant reference to the fictional character, Hannibal Lecter, whenever he is discussing "illegal immigrants," does strongly suggest he does not know the difference between a so-called (insane) asylum and a request for political asylum. This kind of confusion is not all that rare with him.

hlthe2b

(115,328 posts)
4. Umm, just because there was an interactive AI representation of Teddy R, doesn't mean Trump did not
Fri Jul 3, 2026, 06:45 PM
Friday

THINK he'd had an actual discussion with him. The MSM bends itself into record-setting pretzel formations trying to give the benefit of the doubt. How far must his dementia progress before we cease doing so--at least to this extent? He did for a very long time (and perhaps still) think that Frederick Douglas was still alive.

Intense ignorance does not rule out dementia or other hallucinations, or disorganized, diseased mental processing.

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