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Donald Trump 'Slurring' Words Again at Rally Sparks Speculation
Jan 23, 2024 at 4:27 AM EST
Donald Trump Appears To ‘Slur’ Words Again At Rally
By Kate Plummer
 

Donald Trump appeared to slur his words while speaking about drugs and the 
death penalty at a rally.

The former president appeared in Laconia, New Hampshire, ahead of the 
state's primary. He spoke about the death penalty in a context that did not 
immediately make sense, while discussing drug use in the U.S. Newsweek 
contacted a representative for Trump by email on Tuesday to comment on this 
story.

Republicans often criticize Joe Biden for his age, with detractors pointing 
out the 81-year-old's verbal gaffes and physical missteps, such as 
stumbling on the steps of Air Force One, as evidence for his incapability. 
Democrats have also pointed out 77-year-old Trump's errors, such as 
recently appearing to confuse his GOP 2024 presidential nomination rival 
Nikki Haley with former Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Trump said at the New Hampshire rally: "We have become a drug-infested, 
crime-ridden nation, which is incapable of solving even the 'solllest'... 
smallest problem. The simplest of problems we can no longer solve. We can't 
do anything. We are an institute in a powerful death penalty. We will put 
this on.

"We have to bring in the death penalty if we want to stop the infestation 
of drugs coming into our country," Trump added.
Donald Trump
Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower for Manhattan federal 
court for the second defamation trial against him, in New York City on 
January 22, 2024. The GOP frontrunner appeared to slur his words while 
speaking at a rally in New Hampshire. Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via 
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Trump, who has boasted about having "aced" cognitive tests on more than one 
occasion, has frequently defended his mental acuity in recent months and 
has said that he is being "sarcastic" when he repeatedly confuses Barack 
Obama with Biden.

Following his latest gaffe, posting on X, formerly Twitter, critics 
questioned the GOP frontrunner's "cognitive decline."

The campaign group Republicans against Trump wrote: "Donald Trump's rapid 
cognitive decline should be a major news story."
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James Surowiecki, a journalist, posted on X: "It's like Trump is doing beat 
poetry now."

Josh Power, a Ron DeSantis supporter, wrote: "Weird music is playing like 
some kooky cult seance, Trump is slurring his words."

Legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Shanlon Wu wrote: "No amount of 
excuses by Trump's enablers or claims of passing some supposed cognitive 
test can hide his slurring & loss of coherent syntax."

It follows Trump similarly stumbling in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Sunday 
while the Republican was criticizing Biden over immigration. Trump said: 
"You don't have to be a total genius, remain in Mexico, until you've..." 
before becoming unintelligible.

The five-second clip was shared on X by the Biden-Harris HQ account, run by 
the president's reelection campaign, which wrote: "Trump slurs his words 
while ranting: In Mexico until [unintelligible]."

Meanwhile, Haley questioned Trump's mental state during a campaign rally in 
New Hampshire on Saturday. She said that he got confused by mistaking her 
for Pelosi multiple times during a speech on the previous day, when he said 
Haley was "in charge of security" at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021—a 
reference to an often-repeated falsehood that Pelosi was in charge of 
security on the time of the riot.

Speaking to Fox News on Monday, the former president addressed Haley's 
criticisms. Trump then incorrectly said that Congressman Ronny Jackson was 
now serving as White House doctor, despite Jackson having left the role in 
2018 and resigning as Trump's adviser in 2019.

"In fact, when I heard the word 'cognitive,' you know, I've taken two of 
them [tests] now," Trump added. "I took one with Doc Ronny who is now, you 
know, a fantastic White House doctor."

Trump then appeared to realize his mistake, adding that Jackson was now in 
Congress, before briefly listing highlights from his former doctor's 
career.

"And a fantastic, uh, congressman from Texas," Trump said. "Admiral. The 
White House doctor, Jackson, Ronny Jackson. And he's, uh, now a great 
congressman from Texas.