Mockery online as slurring Trump steamrolls Musk 'sounding like Sylvester the Cat'

Donald Trump’s interview with Elon Musk got off to a rough start Monday night after being delayed due to technical issues, but once the talk began listeners noticed something else was off: Trump’s speech.

“Why is Trump slurring his S sounds” asked author Kurt Andersen. “Shuch a shad s----uation’?”

The scheduled chat started 30 minutes late after Musk’s platform failed to launch a livestream, which Musk attributed to a “DDOS” attack. After the interview got underway, users were quick to point out that Trump didn’t sound as sharp as usual.

“Not a joke here: Trump is really badly slurring his words. This is quite disturbing,” wrote columnist Rex Huppke. “Something is wrong with him.”

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“Trump is slurring in a way I've never heard from him before,” remarked podcaster Susan Simpson. “Elon sounds like this is maybe the third or fourth time he's had a conversation with a fellow human.”

“This is incredible, Trump is slurring like crazy, it sounds like his teeth are falling out. Elon is just saying 'Yeah, yeah' while Trump steamrolls him sounding like Sylvester the Cat.” wrote @the_real_matt_m.

“Was there a DDoS attack on Trump's voice that made him suddenly start to slur/lisp? Maybe his dentures are loose? Bizarre,” wrote @SeanColarossi.

"This is how you sound on day one of Invisalign," quipped Tim Hogan, former communications director for Amy Klobuchar.