President Trump raised eyebrows overnight after resharing a bizarre story about an elderly pastor retaliating against a rude driver at a McDonald’s drive-thru.
The man’s story reads less like a sermon on kindness and more like a petty act of revenge, and comes as concerns over Trump’s social media habits and overall health and mental state intensify.
Swindoll’s story
At 3:16 a.m., Trump reposted an anecdote from Chuck Swindoll, an 83-year-old evangelical pastor. The story, which has circulated online for some time, recounts an encounter Swindoll said he had earlier that day while ordering food at a McDonald’s drive-thru.
“I know I shouldn’t have done this,” adding he’s 83. “I was in the McDonald’s drive-thru this morning,” Swindoll said. “The young lady behind me leaned on her horn and started mouthing some ugly things because I was taking too long to place my order.”
What followed began as a gesture of generosity. “So, when I got to the first window, I paid for her order along with my own,” he said. Swindoll added that the woman mouthed “‘Thank You,’ probably feeling embarrassed that I had repaid her rudeness with kindness.”
The pastor escalated the situation
But Swindoll goes on to say, “When I got to the second window, I showed the server both receipts, and I took her food, too. Now she has to go back to the end of the queue and start all over again.” He concluded, “Don’t blow your horn at old people. We’ve been around for a long time,” before asking, “Is that good, or what?” Trump did not add commentary when he reshared the post, but the timing and tone were noticed.
Trump’s slurred speech
At the same time, this strange Truth Social post comes as Trump, 79, slurred the phrase “undisputed champion of coal” in a clip circulating online, causing further debate over whether the president is showing signs of mental decline.
And the drive-thru repost and slurred speech follow backlash over a separate video Trump shared on Truth Social targeting former President Barack Obama, depicting Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as apes. The racist clip Trump says he shared about voter fraud quickly spread beyond Trump’s platform and drew condemnation from political opponents and media commentators.
He said an aide posted it
Trump initially claimed that an aide had shared the clip on his behalf, framing it as an internal mistake, only clarify later that the aide had not been disciplined or fired.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, “This is from an internet meme video depicting President Trump as the King of the Jungle and Democrats as characters from The Lion King. Please stop the fake outrage and report on something today that actually matters to the American public.”
Trump added, “I mean, I look at a lot of thousands of things. I looked at the beginning of it. It was fine. I guess it was a take off on The Lion King, and certainly it was a very strong post in terms of voter fraud.”
Published: Feb 13, 2026 05:43 pm