December 7, 2017

Concern about Trump's mental health

The Hill - Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) former presidential campaign manager, Steve Schmidt, said early Thursday that President Trump was "clearly slurring his words" during an announcement that the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital, adding that "the impairment is chilling."

"I don’t know the cause of it, but when you combine it with [Sen.] Bob Corker’s (R-Tenn.) critique that the president of the United States is unstable, that he’s dangerous, when you look at the private comments that are made by members of Congress around his stability, you look at his actions in recent weeks," said Schmidt, who is also an MSNBC contributor, on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."

Trump on Wednesday announced the U.S. will recognize Jerusalem as its capital and move the U.S. Embassy there from Tel Aviv, keeping a campaign promise made in 2016.

The president appeared to have an issue with his speech toward the end of the speech. Some in the media and many on social media speculated that he wears dentures and they were falling out, affecting his speech.

A White House spokesman, however, attributed Trump's slurred speech to "dry throat."

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