Trump Did Not Glitch In His Speech At Bozeman
The Claim
this is video of Trump short circuiting during his rally in Bozeman, Montana. The glitch was so long, Fox News actually cutaway to different programming.
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Following Trump’s speech in Bozeman on August 9, social media users circulated a clip of Trump in front of the audience claiming that he glitched for 21 seconds during his speech in Bozeman.
The clip was used to criticize the former president, 78, accusing him of dementia implying that he is too old and illegible for the presidency.
Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar investigated the viral claim and found it to be misleading.
The video does not show Trump glitching.
Trump Was Waiting For The Doctor
Through reverse image search, Misbar found the viral video posted on YouTube by Forbes Breaking News on August 10.
The title of the video reads, “Dramatic moment: Trump Stops Montana Speech To Ask If There's Doctor To Deal With Medical Emergency.”
Upon watching the video, it could be noted that Trump did not glitch but was waiting for a doctor to attend to someone who had a medical emergency during the speech, contrary to the viral claim.
The Sun newspaper outlets reported on the incident.
The pause took several moments until the doctor treated the patient while Trump reassured the crowd that there was a lot of time.
Trump’s Campaign Was Hacked
On Saturday, Donald Trump’s campaign said that some of its communications had been hacked. The campaign blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States,” citing a Microsoft blog that says Iran targets the 2024 U.S. election.
Politico reported shortly that emails from anonymous accounts with documents from inside Trump’s operation.
The FBI has opened an investigation into the allegations. However, the Iranian officials denied any connection to the hack. A spokesperson for Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations said that “The Iranian Government neither possesses nor harbors any intent or motive to interfere in the United States presidential election.”
U.S. security sources have previously warned of an Iranian plot to assassinate Trump. The U.S. justice department also charged a Pakistani man accusing him of having ties to Iran with plotting to assassinate U.S. officials.
Trump Falsely Claims That Kamala Harris Campaign Uses AI
Donald Trump claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign lied about a crowd attending her rally in Detroit.
The photo was posted on X by a Michigan campaign staffer for Harris.
Similar photos were also taken by several news agencies covering the rally, such as Reuters.
The photo was proven to be real and not AI-generated by experts like Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who specializes in deep fake detection.
Misbar also double-checked the image in a blog and found Trump’s claim to be fake.
The Harris campaign responded to Trump's accusations on Truth Social replying to one of his posts by sharing a video from the event that showed Air Force Two arriving. "In case you forgot @realdonaldtrump: This is what a rally in a swing state looks like."
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