WASHINGTON, DC: Former president Donald Trump addressed the public on Thursday, August 17, by uploading a message on his social media platform, Truth Social, where he spoke about the previously made remarks he made against the current president Joe Biden and Special Counsel Jack Smith.
The 77-year-old also expressed resentment over the four indictments he has faced within the last six months.
However, despite his accusations and delusional beliefs, Trump's recent video has sparked speculations and left many confused on social media as users began to wonder if the business mogul was inebriated while delivering the speech.
Is Donald Trump OK?
After the video of Trump's public address became viral and circulated on various social media platforms, Mike Sington, a senior executive at NBCUniversal, identified the ex-POTUS' "alarming" behavior during his speech.
"Trump just posted this to Truth Social, and it’s alarming. He makes no sense at all. His words are garbled and slurred, his hair is mussed. He’s swaying, blinking excessively, and sweating. It’s actually frightening. Does he need medical help?" Sington tweeted according to OK Magazine on Thursday evening, prompting people to express similar reactions to the viral video.
What did Donald Trump say in the video?
"So now that I have full subpoena power because of the freedom of speech sham indictment by crooked Joe Biden, deranged Jack Smith and the DOJ, it has just been reported that the unselect January 6th committee — they are unselect indeed — of political hacks and thugs has illegally destroyed all of their records and their documents," Trump claimed.
"So they took all of their records, all of their documents, they reported it, tried to get me indicted and probably did, and then they destroyed everything," he continued.
"This is unthinkable and the fake political indictment against me must be immediately withdrawn."
He concluded, "The system is rigged and corrupt. Very much like the presidential election of 2020, and we have plenty of proof on that. We are a nation in decline but we’ll turn it around. We have no choice."
Social media users react
"He certainly doesn't seem to be well! If he were a drinker, I'd say he was a bit tipsy, but he doesn't drink alcohol. It could be prescription drugs though", one X user, formerly known as Twitter, wrote.
"Yes if course. He's heading for a breakdown sooner rather than later. Wait for him to meet the Fulton County booking" added another one.
Another tweeted, "I think he's intoxicated.....it's probably the speech he is going to say this Monday maybe he thinks it's Monday already."
One user opined, "The amount of stress he's under I hope the guy isn't having some sort of emergency."
"He speaks slowly so YOU understand him. He knows his audience", echoed one user.
