Trump Gives A Bizarre Performance at West Point

“Trump is not well” began to trend on Twitter after video of the president’s awkward walk down a ramp was posted on social media.


Trump later tweeted a weird defense of the incident saying, "The ramp that I descended after my West Point Commencement speech was very long & steep, had no handrail and, most importantly, was very slippery. The last thing I was going to do is “fall” for the Fake News to have fun with. Final ten feet I ran down to level ground."

Problem is, the video didn't appear t show that he ran down the final section of the ramp.  The problem isn't that he lied-- Trump has always done that.   It's just that an alternative explanation doesn't appear to exist.  Maybe it was bonespurts.

Earlier, during his address to cadets, Trump took an awkward sip of water: He used his right hand to lift a glass, then used his left hand to push the glass, still clutched in his right hand, all the way to his mouth.



Twitter quickly latched onto that incident, mocking him for not having totally figured out how to drink water.  Both incidents caught the eye of Twitter users, with many raising questions about Trump’s health, and wondering again about his unannounced visit late last year to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House said at the time that it was for a routine exam.

West Point cadets were called back from their homes across the nation to prepare for the graduation ceremony after Trump informed surprised officials in late April that he would be giving the commencement speech. The Army hadn’t yet determined whether or not to have cadets back for a graduation ceremony because of the risks of COVID-19. They had all been ordered to stay home after spring break and continued their studies online.

At least 15 of the 1,106 cadets who returned to the campus, which is about an hour’s drive north of New York City, tested positive for COVID-19 when they arrived weeks ago, and were placed in quarantine. None were symptomatic. The rest were allowed to stay in their dorms under what the Army called a “soft quarantine” before the commencement.

Cadets were in chairs spaced 6 feet apart for the ceremony, and wore masks as they crossed the stage. Families had to watch remotely. Trump did not wear a mask.  The president promised in his speech that the cadets would not have to fight “endless wars” in “far-away lands.”  But of course, Trump has not delivered on that promise.  In fact, he nearly embroiled the country in yet another war-- this time with Iran.