Donald Trump appeared to narrowly avoid falling over as he walked up to the podium at a campaign rally in New Hampshire on Friday evening.
Video shows Trump flailing his arms while steadying himself a few feet from the lectern after disembarking from Air Force One.
Trump’s rally in New Hampshire is his first campaign event since accepting the Republican Party nomination for a second term at the party’s national convention in Charlotte, North Carolina earlier this week.
The campaign event was held at the PeriCohas Hangar and attendees were closely packed together without any apparent social distancing as they watched Trump speak.
The president has previously held campaign events without strict social distancing, including at an indoor rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in June, which health officials said “more than likely contributed” to the county’s spike in COVID-19 cases.
But many people were talking about Trump looked…sweaty…and as he walked onto the stage, he seemed to slip a bit and lose his balance.
Trump seemed to have some difficulty making him way to the podium before his speech in New Hampshire pic.twitter.com/E1mfZrrFvb [1]
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 29, 2020 [2]
Twitter had a field day:
Breaking- Trump loses his balance & nearly falls over in NH. Itβs totally expected at this point in his degenerative neurological disease- Frontotemporal dementia…PSP form imo. It will continue to worsen. This is a serious safety issue now requiring a cane, walker or wheelchair https://t.co/GOq2vfjhj7 [3]
— Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) August 28, 2020 [4]
What happened at Trumpβs secret midnight run to Walter Reed Medical Center? pic.twitter.com/RLRuzoQO1j [5]
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) August 29, 2020 [6]
His right side has been showing weakness quite often this year. Between dragging his foot, difficulty raising arm, leaning, etc. It is concerning as regardless how we feel about him, he is still our president. π€
If he refuses to get rest maybe we should help by voting him out?
— Rhonda (@Sweepster35) August 29, 2020 [7]
Biden should just say βI hope Donald is getting the medial attention he needs. I donβt want him to fall off the debate stage!β πππ
— TW Polk (@twpolk) August 29, 2020 [8]
It's that right leg. He's been dragging it a bit as he walks
— Andrea Perry Lerner (@RelentlesslyUU) August 29, 2020 [9]
So he has problems with stairs and ramps. Now I know why he originally went with an escalator.
— Jay Hasselschwert (@JHasselschwert) August 29, 2020 [10]
Watch the way he looks around to see if anyone saw it.π
WE ALL DID!#TrumpIsNotWell [11] #UnfitToBePresident [12] #GOP [13] #KAG [14] #Maga [15] https://t.co/vNgJP5HsiG [16]
— viperVF80 (@Vf80Viper) August 28, 2020 [17]
Medical people…sudden loss of balance as he reaches the end of the handrail?#TRumpIsNotWell [18] https://t.co/Lm7KLNBYzL [19]
— Judy Hager πππ (@JudyHager11) August 28, 2020 [20]