That right there is something I’ve always found grating about hearing him speak. When you hear someone intelligent speak, sometimes they use those placeholder umms and ahhs but he’s only using them to keep the attention on himself–to not cede the floor to another speaker.

Despite how much/little value there is in his input, i think he’s also using the extra time bought by those umms as a chance to try to remember/choose fancy words to dress up the thought he may be attempting to convey. Chances are he’s not saying anything of value, but he’s trying to speak as though his every word is profound. It’s gotta be an ego thing, but probably also numerous other things too. He’s so multidimensional 🥴