As Donald Trump's 'lisp' steals the show during his chat with Elon Musk what is the truth behind the wild theories that gripped social media from 'dental work' to a 'bad mic'

The Trump campaign has hit back at claims that the former president had a 'lisp' during his rambling conversation with Elon Musk. 

Trump, 78, has been accused of 'slurring' his words, sounding like a cartoon character and speaking with a 'lisp' Monday night during his two-hour conversation with the tech mogul on X's Spaces.

A Trump campaign spokesperson has denied any sort of speech condition, telling left-leaning Huffington Post's White House correspondent S.V. Date: 'Must be your s***ty hearing. Get your ears checked out.'

Meanwhile video recorded next to Trump in the makeshift studio from where he  participated in the livestream also showed how the ex-president spoke clearly during the call, with his speech sounding fairly crisp.

But the broadcast transmitted on X sounded tinny and distorted, leaving armchair sleuths to put forward several theories for his alleged lisp including audio issues associated with the platform, poor microphone quality and even the 'unlikely' case that he underwent bad dental work or wears dentures.

The Trump campaign has hit back at claims that the former president had a 'lisp' during his rambling conversation with Elon Musk. Trump is pictured during the interview

The broadcast transmitted on X (pictured) Monday night sounded tinny and distorted, leaving armchair sleuths to put forward several theories for his alleged lisp 

Listeners have claimed that during certain points of Trump's two-hour conversation with the tech mogul on X's Spaces his voice sounded similar to that of two of the more famous lispers in cartoon history: Daffy Duck and Sylvester the Cat. 

Conspiracy theorists jumped to the conclusion that Trump was suffering difficulties related to dental work or dentures.

But Dr Mervyn Druian, one of the UK's leading experts in cosmetic dentistry, has told DailyMail.com the ex-president's dental care likely did not play a role is the distortion.

'I am 100 per cent sure Trump doesn't have dentures. He's had very sophisticated cosmetic dentistry — including veneers,' Druian said. 'That's why, at his age, his teeth look so perfect and white, which you wouldn't see naturally.

'People have dentures if they lose teeth, but for starters it's unlikely someone as wealthy as Trump, with all the access to dentistry and healthcare he has, would suffer this problem to a significant degree.

'If he did, it would be likely he'd opt for dental implants, which is the gold standard these days. Unlikely dentures, these are permanent and behave exactly like real teeth.

He added: 'Not everyone has implants because they can cost from £1,000 ($1200) per tooth but this wouldn't be an issue for Trump. Badly fitting dentures can affect speech but it's just not going to be the case for someone like Trump.

'I'm not sure what might have caused the lisping sound in the interview, but it wasn't dentures.'

It came after social media users tried to rationalize Trump's distorted speech with baseless allegations about his teeth. 

'Trump is slurring so badly. My God dude secure your dentures before audio interviews,' one user wrote. 

'I know the last thing you want to do is listen to Trump speak — but lisssten to thissss! Trump forgot to put his dentures in. It's pretty gross — actually,' another tweeted. 

One user hypothesized: 'I realize why it sounded like his dentures were falling out. We've never seen him talking facing down so gravity was sliding them thangs out. richest man in the world outed Trump with dentures. Checkmate sir!' 

Another wondered: 'Trump sounded like he was slurring his words a bit. Did he get dental work done? Elon sounds like he always does.' 

Other sleuths suggested that Trump was having difficulties related to dental work or dentures

Another suggested Trump was 'slurring' because he did not 'secure' his 'dentures'

One suggested that Musk intentionally 'outed' the former president for wearing dentures - however a leading  expert in cosmetic dentistry has said he is '100 per cent sure Trump doesn't have dentures'

Newscasters, podcasters and social media users alike have also rushed to Trump's defense, blaming the lisp-like distortion on technological errors. 

Streamer Hasan Piker claimed it was how X Spaces' audio quality always made people sound.   

'It's probably due to audio compression issues but trump sounds like he has a lisp,' he said.

Michael Tracey, a journalist, also noted that he'd had similar problems with the service. He tweeted: 'Trump isn't slurring his words, I've also had that weird thing happen on Spaces where it sounds like I have a comically outrageous lisp'.

Fox News anchor David Asman added: 'You can hear and see from this that the slurring sound on the audio only steam was NOT happening in real time. Either something was wrong with the mic or transmission feed or something else. But Trump wasn't slurring.' 

Video captured in the room where Trump recorded the interview revealed that he spoke clearly in real time, implying the 'lisp' noise may have occurred during the transmission of the broadcast. 

Listeners have claimed that during certain points of Trump's two-hour conversation with the tech mogul on X's Spaces his voice sounded similar to that of two of the more famous lispers in cartoon history: Daffy Duck and Sylvester the Cat

Trump, 78, has been accused of speaking with a 'lisp' Monday night during his two-hour conversation with the tech mogul on X's Spaces

Video captured in the makeshift studio where Trump participated in the livestream also showed how the ex-president spoke clearly during the call, with his speech sounding fairly crisp

Michael Tracey, a journalist, also noted that he'd had similar problems with the service

Fox News anchor David Asman added that 'the slurring sound on the audio only steam was NOT happening in real time'

Others have suggested that the quality of the microphone Trump used during the interview could have caused the lisp-like noise. 

One, joking at how he didn't use studio-level recording equipment wrote: 'Trump using a special Mic, an iPhone and Light mode for his interview!' 

'Something about the audio on Spaces often give speakers a weird lisp. Elon's voice was fine last night but that constant Spaces lisp was very pronounced for Trump,' wrote one X user. '@elonmusk should look into what causes this.'

'Maybe it is just me, somehow, but X spaces give everyone a lisp. I've noticed it in several spaces. It could have to do with the devices involved, too,' one suggested. 

Another echoed: 'For all the idiots saying Trump has a lisp or slurring...this live video shows it was bad audio on XSpace.' 

'It's called a 'slush' and caused by audio compression issues, dum dum,' one listener added. 

Some social media users alike have rushed to Trump's defense, blaming the lisp-like distortion on technological errors

Others have claimed that the distortion is common on Musk's X Spaces

One user criticized Kamala Harris' campaign for accusing Trump of 'slurring' during the chat

One user urged Musk to investigate why 'Spaces often gives speakers a weird lisp'

 One suggested that the interview could have been impacted by the alleged cyberattack on X - which Musk has blamed for delaying the conversation and its abrupt ending

Others have suggested that the quality of the microphone Trump used during the interview could have caused the lisp-like noise 

Another suggested that the interview could have been impacted by the alleged cyberattack on X - which Musk has blamed for delaying the conversation and its abrupt ending.

'It was an amazing interview. The audio compression from the mic was a little off and the was a Malware attack on X. Hardly the fail that the media wants you to think,' the user wrote.

Musk's interview with former Trump kicked off about 40 minutes behind schedule on Monday night. 

The Tesla billionaire said his website, X, was the victim of a cyber-attack, which is why the Trump interview wouldn't load.

'We tested the system with 8 million concurrent listeners earlier today,' he insisted.