Donald Trump's latest verbal stumble at a military ceremony has reignited debate over his mental sharpness, after the 79-year-old president appeared to slur parts of a commencement speech in New London, Connecticut, on Wednesday 20 May, days before a scheduled medical exam later this month.
Trump was speaking to graduates at the US Coast Guard Academy, returning to the Connecticut campus for his second commencement address there after first appearing in 2017. The event came just days before his annual medical check-up on 26 May, a date that has already drawn attention amid a steady stream of clips and comments online questioning whether the president remains as sharp as his team insists.
