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Source: Washington Post
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. President Trump late Saturday tried to explain his slow and unsteady walk down a ramp at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, which had generated concern and mockery on social media, by claiming the walkway was very slippery and that he was worried about falling.
The walk in question came at the conclusion of Saturdays commencement exercises at West Point, where Trump was the guest speaker. As he exited the raised platform by descending a ramp alongside Lt. Gen. Darryl A. Williams, the academys superintendent, Trump was visibly tentative and took short, careful steps.
Video of the moment was widely shared on social media, with critics of the president including Republican operatives working on the Lincoln Project, an anti-Trump group whose ads have provoked the presidents ire using the hashtag #TrumpIsNotWell in their tweets.
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Elements of Trumps explanation strained credulity. Trumps claim that the ramp had been very slippery was inconsistent with the weather, which on Saturday in West Point, N.Y., was sunny and clear-skied. The grass plain on which the commencement took place was dry.
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