'Scared' Donald Trump 'totally checks out' mid-speech as health fears erupt

Fans of Donald Trump have raised concerns for the US President's health after they noticed him stuttering his words and contradicting himself live on air. The 79-year-old politician was making a widely broadcast speech about the ongoing conflict with Iran when those who watched shared their worries.

At one point in his rambings, he said that he would be calling the conflict a "military operation" as "people don't like me using the word war, so I won't." He added: "The Democrats will call it war," with a dig at his opposition. But then, just moments later, the President backtracked on not using the word as he declared: "We have won the war. This war has been won. The only ones that like to keep it going is the fake news." One X/Twitter user reshared the clip, highlighting the moment of contradiction. They wrote: "Trump, minutes apart: 'I don't call it war. The Democrats call it war.' Also Trump: 'We have won the war.' Senile? Dementia? Pathological liar? Or all of the above?"

Another person replied: "Mentally unwell!" As one more suggested: "I don't think he's senile. I think he's belligerent and doesn't believe he will ever be held accountable for anything he does. The question is why?"

"All of the above but the dementia is getting worse by the week," one user wrote as another echoed: "He’s demented, but also a habitual liar. So you can’t trust anything he says."

Someone else penned: "Just look at Trump’s body language, man. His face is all droopy, his shoulders are slumped, his ego is completely shattered because he never saw this coming.

"He looks scared, totally checked out, and mentally defeated. Maybe for the first time in his life he actually got a real wake-up call: not everybody and not every country just rolls over when he wants them to.

"S*** doesn’t always go exactly the way he wants. He clearly underestimated Iran, and deep down he probably knows this was one of the biggest mistakes he’s ever made."

Despite worries of dementia from people watching him, Trump claims to have "aced" many cognitive tests. He previously bragged that he is in "perfect health", despite images recently surfacing of him appearing to fall asleep in cabinet meetings.

He said: "I did something no other president's ever done. I took cognitive tests because I know that and by the way, not easy."

Mr Trump claimed that his predecessor, Joe Biden, would have failed the tests, which involved identifying animals such as fish and lions. He said: You get to those last questions, those last 10, 15 questions…and I aced them.

"And no other president's taken a cog–... Could you imagine sleepy Joe taking a cognitive test?

"The first question is like, 'What is this?' And they show a lion, a giraffe, a fish, and a hippopotamus. And they say, 'Which is the giraffe?'"

"I don't think Joe would have gotten the first question right. He would say hippo - I want the hippo ... I've taken now three cognitive tests. I've aced every single one of them."