I had a coach once who said you should watch yourself on TV three times: once just watching, no sound, once with the sound on and your back turned so you can't see, and then the whole piece with sight and sound.

In the car, obviously, all I had was his oral words, So his voice pattern took on more significance. During the first part, it sounded to me like he was either using a teleprompter or reading from pages in front of him. Since I could hear rustling, I thought he was reading from paper. His diction was very precise, his voice was low and measured. Then it seemed like he finished the speech and decided to keep going in his own words. He tried to maintain the same tone but his voice began modulating a bit differently.

It sounded like he needed to drink some water at one point. Then he ended the speech with his "G-d blesses" and the last one was the United States. He didn't just slur the word "States" in my view, it sounded like he forgot the word and when he remembered it, it came out wrong, as if he had started to say a different word first. The word "States" sounded mangled, not slurred.

As to whether he has dentures or bridges or the like, I doubt it. I think he has veneers, and they don't make you slur. Why do I think this? Because back in the day, according to NBC and other his dentist was the "dentist to the stars", Larry Rosenthal.

Larry Rosenthal has been doing veneers since the early eighties; his celebrity list is huge, from Donald Trump to Kathie Lee Gifford. (Though he volunteers, "I did not do Regis Philbin.") I precede Miss Russia in the chair. At one point, Rosenthal pulls out a cast of someone's teeth to illustrate a point, and as it hits the desk, we both notice the label: C. BRINKLEY. Christie has — had, I guess — gaps, just like me.

During the election I wrote a long post about the Trump clan and their perfect teeth. . I mentioned Rosenthal was their dentist.)

I'd like to know the name of the Trump family dentist. These are Marla Maples' teeth. Those were not what her teeth liked when she was Miss Georgia. Those are Trump-era teeth. I think she had them done before their wedding. Ivanka has beautiful teeth too. Another glimpse here. And, of course, there's Trump's veneered teeth. I'm not criticizing them, they all have beautiful teeth. I just want to know if they all have the same cosmetic dentist and who he or she is. (Years ago it was reportedly Dr. Larry Rosenthal, I'm not sure it still is, but Here's a different looking Melania with dentist Michael Apa, who is Larry Rosenthal's partner.

Here's a description of Rosenthal from 2008:

One of New York's most prominent "celebrity dentists" since the 1980s, Rosenthal has been responsible for sweetening the smiles of countless boldfaced names over the years. Among those who've had his fingers in their mouths: Tommy Hilfiger, Dennis Basso, Harvey Weinstein, Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump, Kathie Lee Gifford, Sumner Redstone, Bridget Hall, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Bolton, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Joan Rivers. Assuming you like what he's done with them, he—or his youthful partner, Michael Apa—would be more than happy to fix you up, too, assuming you have $25,000 or so to spare. Or you can seek out someone who has trained in his technique: Since 2002, Rosenthal have overseen the Rosenthal Institute for Aesthetic Dentistry at NYU, which now has branches in London, Palm Beach and Indianapolis. (A friend of mine had a full set of implants by Rosenthal about a decade ago that took more than a year and cost well over $100k.)

Rosenthal is cagey about it lately in interviews, declining to confirm a report on the Today Show that he is the Trump dentist.

Look at how similar Melania's and Marla's teeth are here.

As an aside, in this photo, Ivanka and Melania look like the same surgeon did both their noses. For the change in Melania, go the superimposed photo here and move the line. For the change in Ivanka see here. Here are Ivanka's teeth, after braces and before veneers. And here's the change in Melania's teeth after meeting Donald.

These were Ivana's teeth. Then they became these teeth. (Not that big a change for her as with the others, I think she kept her original teeth and just had them whitened and a few lengthened by veneers.)

Which is all to point out that nothing about the Trumps is real. They are all "cosmetized" to appear like their individual aesthetic of perfection.

Veneers done properly do not make you slur. And in the 1980's, when the Trump clan seem to have gotten theirs, Rosenthal and Apa were the best.

So I'm ruling out dentures and bridges for Donald's word mangling. He has veneers. Either he got tired and his brain couldn't keep up, or his mouth was too dry. Since he seems to get dry mouth frequently now when giving speeches, I think it's either a medical issue or a non-issue.