This has to be seen to be appreciated. Turn your speakers way up for all the good that it will do. Trump is awake — although he looks like hell — but it’s the way he sounds, utterly lost in a Bible verse which is clearly over his head, which will grab you.
Holy shit. This is a prerecorded message with lots of obvious edits and this is the best he can do? He looks like a cadaver, sounds like he's on a ventilator, and can't even properly read the sections that come from a book he's never read. https://t.co/GQzMYskMZ9
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 17, 2026
He was clearly between naps and Adderall doses when this was recorded. You can tell it’s been heavily edited. This is how The Apprentice used to go. That was heavily edited as well.
“Lmao is Trump ‘reading’ a Bible verse from a teleprompter,” political commentary account “Wu Tang is for the Children” posted on X.
“Disturbingly theocratic,” Julian Andreone, Capitol Hill reporter for Drop Site News, posted on X.
This is one of the worst speeches Trump has ever given and that’s saying something. He sounds utterly lost.
