It doesn't take much for U.S President Donald Trump to get people talking about him, and the latest reason is an absolute doozy: a simple glass of water.

During a speech about his government's national security strategy on Monday, Trump temporarily paused from speaking to quench his thirst with a sip of water. Fair enough - we're all human and our frail bodies are up to 60 percent water anyway.

What's got people talking is how he drank the water. The .gif of the incident below shows Trump grasping the glass with two hands and tilting it towards his lips:

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It's a bit strange, isn't it? Of course, whatever Trump does is big news these days, so it was obvious that this unusual - if minor - quirk would grab people's attention.

And lo and behold, the internet was quick to point out just how weird the little sip looked, dropping a few jokes in the bargain:

Can someone please explain to me why President (COUGHbabyhandsCOUGH) Trump needs two hands to drink a glass of water?pic.twitter.com/zsBhcv9fsv#MondayMotivation

via @atrupar

- Holly O'Reilly (@AynRandPaulRyan) December 18, 2017

when, national security speech or no national security speech, you gotta drop that harmonica solo pic.twitter.com/7RyJQUr1Ak

- Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) December 18, 2017

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president sippy cup

- Gary Armstrong (@vanityman) December 18, 2017

To be fair to Trump, his second sip of the glass later in the speech was a lot more normal as he picked up the glass in the usual way:



Merry Christmas, here's trump's lip lick pic.twitter.com/5D1anC8nMa

- Marcus Gilmer (@marcusgilmer) December 18, 2017

You might think that a strange method of drinking water is a bit of a daft reason for the Prez to make the headlines, particularly as some people think the reasons behind it may have been a little more bleak.



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Last week, Trump began noticeably slurring his speech as he announced changes to America's policy on Israel.



Some on social media have even begun to speculate that this, combined with Trump's strange sipping movement, could be evidence of him having a degenerative disorder, such as dementia.

With today's speech, anyone can clearly see Trump's crumbling health



Slurring, sippy cup style water drinking, involuntary jerks & restricted eye mvmts on display-part of his dozen+ symptoms of Frontotemporal Dementia



It's degenerative, highly progressive & worsening every week

- Tom Joseph (@TomJChicago) December 18, 2017

However, others have pointed out a certain irony behind the gaffe as Trump's called others out for drinking water weirdly before.



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In 2013, Trump criticised his fellow Republican Marco Rubio for his water-drinking technique as the Senator sneaked a sip of water while giving the party's response to the then President Obama's State of the Union address.

Next time Marco Rubio should drink his water from a glass as opposed to a bottle-would have much less negative impact.

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 13, 2013

Trump then continued to use the incident against Rubio on the campaign trail when the two faced off in the 2016 Republican presidential primaries.

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