The former president repeatedly misspoke during a speech on Wednesday.

The former president repeatedly misspoke during a speech on Wednesday.

Speaking in Long Island on Wednesday, Donald Trump was as bombastic and boastful as ever—but also slurred his words on several occasions.

Trump stumbled over words like “migrants” and “Russia” and had trouble stringing sentences together. In another instance, Trump said he was “greater even than Elvis” because unlike the King, he doesn’t have a guitar—a riff that has increasingly featured in his speeches.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    23·
    2 months ago

    Trump also promoted his wife Melania Trump’s new memoir—but admitted that he hadn’t read it and that he doesn’t know what she wrote about him, telling the crowd, “If she says bad things about me, I’ll call you all up and I’ll say, don’t buy it, get rid of it.”

    Yeah, he hasn’t read it.

    • CitizenKong@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 months ago

      He very probably doesn’t read books at all. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hasn’t even read his own book.

      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
        11·
        2 months ago

        There’s substantial evidence that Trump can’t read, or at least not at a level expected of an adult professional

      • calabast
        6·
        2 months ago

        I really can’t imagine Trump sitting in a chair, holding a book and quietly reading it.