I’ve been saying!!! It’s because he has an earpiece in and they give him guidance cues all the time, as well as instructions what to do.
When they practice his speeches, he talks back to them. So he is used to having a dialogue with the people who are giving him cues.
He is so forgetful, he forgot not to talk back to his handlers!!!!
z3n, I think you are correct. I need to verify the original rather than rely on RNC Research, hopefully it has not been memory holed yet. Scary stuff.