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Basically everything Algol-descended has close parallels in the syntax. That falls apart as soon as you hit a turbofish. I'm not saying the language or even the syntax is bad, but I think it does earn its reputation for being a little hard to read.

Even the turbo fish is consistent with other languages’ syntax: :: for scopes, <> for type parameters. Regardless, you almost never need to write the turbofish, so I think it also falls under niche syntax.

Code that fits in a slide is hardly evidence for readability.

Not to mention one could hand pick examples which is what I'd expect from slides of a talk.

It’s like Rust is child of Python and Ruby but the real father is C++.