‘Unhinged’ Trump sparks further health worries after hospitalisation claims
Donald Trump was targeted by Sky News correspondent James Matthews for his "increasingly erratic" behaviour.
US president Donald Trump was the subject of further health concerns this weekend after claims he was hospitalised at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre. Claims spread rapidly over the Easter break that Trump had been taken for treatment, but the White House quickly denied the claims. Regardless, it was confirmed he would make no further public appearances on Saturday and Sunday.
He had not been seen in public since Wednesday (April 1) when he addressed the Iran war, and had remained in Washington DC for Easter rather than travelling to Mar-a-Lago. He missed three scheduled events at church in favour of taking a slow tour of the city, stopping off at the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia. Now Sky News correspondent James Matthews has claimed the 79-year-old is “unhinged” after his latest social media post, which used expletives and said “praise be to Allah”.
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Matthews said during a live segment on the channel: “These are the words, surely, of somebody who is losing the argument, is seeking for new and perhaps darker methods to resolve an intractable situation.
“For the 47th president of the United States to use these kinds of terms, the F-word, the B-word, undermining the civil norms of negotiation…
“We have seen how far that has taken Donald Trump at this stage – not very far, actually, is the answer, and some distance from the end game. Iran is in a position where it has demonstrated military effectiveness and throughout has resisted pressure via social media from Donald Trump.
“You’re talking about a sovereign country, a sovereign nation, proudly resisting American pressure. How Donald Trump thinks this is going to work is a question for him alone.
“I do think it raises questions about his state of mind and also about his approach to this whole affair.
“If the US military and if this country is to trust in measured leadership that protects American lives, preserves American interests and isn’t a matter of throwing the kitchen sink at Iran – with the dangers that involves, essentially burning the house down – then you have to be concerned with where he is taking this.”
Matthews added: “If that posting is a reflection of his state of mind going into this, it sounds unhinged.
“Interestingly, I’m reading that he’s spoken to Fox News. He says there’s a good chance of a deal being reached tomorrow. He repeated his threats, but reckons there is cause for optimism, adding that Iran is negotiating now.
“So quite how the two of those social media postings or media performances sit together is quite the mystery.”
