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turbinetree

(27,815 posts)
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:11 PM Saturday

Trump's 'neurological decline' exposed during recent speech: pathologist

By Bennito L. Kelty
Published June 27, 2026 7:40 PM ET

Trump's speech at his Great American State Fair exposed signs of what a specialist is calling his "neurological decline."

In a recent video, Hilary Shae, a licensed speech-language pathologist, pointed out that Trump "couldn't say 250th anniversary" or the word magnificent. She shared clips that showed Trump stopping hard as those words came up.

"Difficulties that Donald Trump has with saying specific words are consistent with dysarthria and ataxia or apraxia," Shae said. "They can occur after a stroke. They can occur with other brain disorders and dementia."



https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cognitive-decline-2677120947/
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Trump's 'neurological decline' exposed during recent speech: pathologist (Original Post) turbinetree Saturday OP
yowser Tetrachloride Saturday #1
And fries...................to speed the process ................to really block those arteries............. turbinetree Saturday #2
Plus, double orders of Cha Yesterday #9
Maybe to wash down some of Cha Yesterday #8
HE'S LOSING IT!!!! Cirsium Saturday #3
He's been on his deathbed for a year and a half bif Saturday #4
Well. That isn't really what she said. It's what laypeople hear. Maru Kitteh Yesterday #6
He can't read the speech on the teleprompter correctly because he refuses to wear glasses. LudwigPastorius Yesterday #5
He's always had this speech problem swong19104 Yesterday #7
Ok good mountain grammy Yesterday #10
Am I wrong to hope I reach the day when we don't hear ANYTHING from OR about Donald Trump anymore? calimary 7 hrs ago #11

turbinetree

(27,815 posts)
2. And fries...................to speed the process ................to really block those arteries.............
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:26 PM
Saturday

Cirsium

(4,245 posts)
3. HE'S LOSING IT!!!!
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:34 PM
Saturday

How many times have we heard that?

What is this, a video about a video that's about a Tik Tok post that's about a Trump speech? Great "General Discussion" material.

bif

(27,410 posts)
4. He's been on his deathbed for a year and a half
Sat Jun 27, 2026, 10:38 PM
Saturday

According to a bunch of pundits on YouTube.

Maru Kitteh

(32,109 posts)
6. Well. That isn't really what she said. It's what laypeople hear.
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 12:43 AM
Yesterday

But people who work in this population understand there can be a decade or more between these signs of decline and death.

Unfortunately.

LudwigPastorius

(15,274 posts)
5. He can't read the speech on the teleprompter correctly because he refuses to wear glasses.
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 12:30 AM
Yesterday

We've seen this countless times. He'll start to fumble a word because he can't see it, then immediately goes into an "aside" using the word because he's figured out what it is.

swong19104

(682 posts)
7. He's always had this speech problem
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 01:10 AM
Yesterday

And he’s actually quite good at it when he segues from a mispronunciation to approaching the gist of the message from another angle. He’s quite smooth in that. But that’s exactly what one expects from a con artist.

calimary

(91,502 posts)
11. Am I wrong to hope I reach the day when we don't hear ANYTHING from OR about Donald Trump anymore?
Sun Jun 28, 2026, 07:20 PM
7 hrs ago
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