Donald Trump addresses 'bizarre' feature that emerged during two-hour rambling chat with Elon Musk and hails Tesla CEO 'special' By Sabrina Penty Published: 10:15, 14 August 2024 | Updated: 10:33, 14 August 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has finally addressed his apparent lisp during Monday night's interview with Tesla CEO Elon Musk . After listeners noticed a change in the former US president's voice, Trump took to Truth Social last night to address the uncharacteristic lisp, blaming it on the 'complexity of modern day equipment'. He said that due to 'cellphone technology, my voice was, in certain areas, somewhat different and strange'.
The meeting of arguably the two most influential men on the planet had been dominated by listeners noticing that Trump appeared to have a lisp or even slurred his words at points, struggling with words containing 's' sounds. Memes of Trump as Mike Tyson and Daffy Duck immediately began trending. 'Must be your s***ty hearing.
Get your ears checked out,' Trump's spokesperson responded to reporters amid a debate over whether it was dentures or audio problems. Republican presidential nominee and former U.S.
President Donald Trump speaks as he participates in an interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on the social media platform X, at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., August 12, 2024 Elon Musk arrives before a joint meeting of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, July 24, 2024 Trump has finally addressed his Monday night interview lisp, blaming it on the 'complexity of modern day equipment' While addressing his lisp, Trump also took the opportunity to boast about the 'record audience' him and Musk received, and personally thanked the tech billionaire for 'such a strong Endorsement', during the extraordinary interview.
'Elon himself is very special', he added. The pair sat down for a two-hour chat on X to immigration, religion, global warming and much more. Even before the rambling interview kicked off it was beset by problems as a cyber-attack just before the pair went live resulted in a 43-minute delay.
But once up and running, Trump spoke about becoming more religious after the attempt on his life in Pennsylvania on July 13, a shooting that Musk said showed Trump's courage, while Musk urged Americans to vote for the Republican presidential nominee over Kamala Harris. Memes of Donald Trump with Donald Duck's face photoshopped to him emerged after listeners noticed his strange lisp Another meme that began trending was of Trump as Mike Tyson As the conversation continued the two touched on an extraordinary range of subjects including admiration for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Trump accusing Joe Biden of having a low IQ. Read More Five of the most bizarre moments from Donald Trump's two-hour long chat with Elon Musk The 45th President of the United States also vowed to build an 'Iron Dome' defence system for America like the one used by Israel to intercept missiles and promised that he would oversee the largest deportation of illegal immigrants in history if he became president in November, insisting that cities like New York have been 'overwhelmed' and that 'rough people' including terrorists are entering the US from Mexico.
'These are people that are in jail for murder and all sorts of things, and they're releasing them into our country,' he said. There was also an awkward moment that might put the politician in the doghouse at home where he told Musk that his presidential rival Harris bore a resemblance to his wife. Discussing Kamala's Time cover he said: 'She looks like the most beautiful actress ever to live.
It was a drawing, and actually, she looked very much like a great first lady, Melania'. Donald Trump Tesla Mike Tyson Elon Musk Share or comment on this article: Donald Trump addresses 'bizarre' feature that emerged during two-hour rambling chat with Elon Musk and hails Tesla CEO 'special' e-mail Add comment.
