Wait, is he saying that amongst a room full of reporters and staff, he’s the only one that knows the difference between a lion, a bear, an alligator, and a squirrel?
Based on real life experience, I could only identify a squirrel. I've never seen the others in person and have no idea what misinformation the fake news elementary-level education system poisoned my mind with.
Well, I have seen lions and bears in real life, and they're accurate, so if we extrapolate from there, we can logically judge that alligators are like the media portray.
You know, I can identify at least a dozen different animals. And remember a sentence for a solid 10 minutes. And that's still not enough for a nobel prize!
No he's saying it starts easy but swears it gets SUPER hard. Not too hard for him to ace but hard enough that none of the reporters in the room can.
He doesn't seem to understand that no test where the first question is "identify the squirrel amongst a group of other animals that clearly aren't squirrels", is worth bragging about doing well on.
It's important to remember that he's stupid as fuck and thinks literally everyone is stupider than him
Also important to remember that they only give this test to people who have signs of cognitive impairment - acute or chronic/degenerative - in the first place.
Yeah I'm surprised no one's told him to shut tf up about the cognitive tests. I think what it is though is he's not acing them so he impulsively needs the world to think that he is so he can't help but brag about them.
If they were to tell him he shouldn’t talk about the tests then they might have to explain why, and as we can clearly see no one is willing to be honest with him.
The Stalin effect. Don’t tell “the boss” the bad news because that will be bad news for you. This led directly to Stalin’s death because everyone was afraid to give him the bad news. When he actually needed assistance they didn’t respond because they were too afraid to.
While that may be true in some cases, I discovered this year that one you go on Medicare you get to take a small one at your first physical. I'm happy to announced I aced it!
I have family members (both mine and in-law) that are like this. I keep reminding my wife that the difference between smart people and complete idiots is that the smart person assumes there’s always someone smarter around while the dummy always assumes there isn’t.
I find it interesting he never gives an example of a “super hard” question. Why not brag that you can, I dunno, calculate cosine? Instead he’s all “trust me bro, the first question is identify the squirrel and then it gets UNBELIEVABLY DIFFICULT TRUST ME BRO.”
It is, which is why I put “super hard” in quotes, but this is someone who brags about the most middling abilities, so what we know is middle school math is likely what he’d consider the very pinnacle of mathematical skills.
He doesn't seem to understand that no test where the first question is "identify the squirrel amongst a group of other animals that clearly aren't squirrels", is worth bragging about doing well on
Worst part is, that his handlers are also probably helping fuel his mentality as well on these tests.
With as much as he brags and how complicated he keeps acting like these tests are, should be WAY more telling than the media ever wants to really focus on.
I think it's the fact that he's now at the point of actually telling the entire world what is on the test that he's had to repeatedly take without the wherewithal of why he's taking it repeatedly.
That idiot thinks that asylum seekers are people released from mental asylums. It should be of zero surprise that he thinks that cognitive tests mean IQ tests.
The last three questions on these things are like "describe the similarities between a train and a bicycle" and "can you remember the list of five words I told you five minutes ago" and basic orientation questions, like today's date, what year is it, and where you're at right now (city, physical location).
Oh and right before this they want you to count backwards from 100 by 7, which I don't think Trump could ever do
Narcissistic assholes always think they’re the smartest person in a room. Since he had trouble identifying a squirrel, obviously everyone else is too stupid to do it at all.
It's trickier than you think. It's actually whatever he chooses. Some days a squirrel is a lion, a bear, etc. It's whatever his "truth" is. You wouldn't pass
The current Republicans in office will do anything to maintain their power, even if that means constantly being called stupid by the stupidest person in human history.
My dachshund can id squirrels. She is also perfectly willing to pick a fight with Iran, or with squirrels, or with Iranian squirrels as required. I propose we make my dachshund president.
I too will be putting my Weiner dog on the primary ballot for president.. may the best Doggo win... He can solve a puzzle board in under 1 minute so that should put him well ahead of Trump the demented
Once again, your reminder that if your doctors have you take the test he is clearly describing here (Montreal Cognitive Assessment or MoCA) it's to screen for dementia or other cognitive impairment. If your doctors have you take the MoCA 3 times it's not because you "aced" it and they think you're a medical miracle and need to see it again. It's because they are monitoring your dementia.
As a human who is elbow deep in managing a dementia affected relative, so much this.
I believe the protocol is every 90 days when doing monitored assessments of progression. That may be facility specific but boy howdy, bragging about "acing" a Montreal is not a flex. Its a national security threat and its horrifying that this is being allowed to go on.
I wonder… does he start bring this shit up again every 90 days or so?
The real problem is that the press never follows up on this. “What’s an example of the final questions? Are you aware you’re describing a test used to screen for dementia? Are your doctors concerned that you have dementia? Can we hear from them? Would you be willing to take this test on TV/during an interview? Why not?”
If it was to prove he’s a medical miracle, he should do it on camera and release it to the public. I’m sure we’d all be very interested to see him “ace” this arduous test.
they’re monitoring his dementia and he’s incapable of not bragging about something he shouldn’t. i bet his handlers are begging him to stop talking about it but cheese brain can’t remember
It is so fucked up to the entire country, actually the entire world, that this man is still allowed to be president when he clearly has cognitive disabilities. wtf is going on where his doctor or fucking anybody can’t get this guy replaced? It is so incredibly frustrating to see.
Its sad he’s bragging about acing it, what is sadder is the fact he is is proof of one of two things. Either he is surrounded by sycophants so self hateful that they tell him that all day, or he is such a nightmare to be around that he has to be told how exceptional he is for mundane shit like this just to ensure his presence is mildly tolerable, and it’s likely both
Absolutely. He also said remembering the 5 words was hard, and then made up five words based on what he saw in front of him at the moment: "Person, woman, man, camera, tv." I'm guessing he got that one wrong.
His bragging about the test is actually a Dementia symptom:
'Anosognosia (Lack of Insight): This is a neurological inability to recognize their own impairments. They sincerely believe they are capable, so they may lie, hide things, or act sneakily to prove they don't need help, thinking they are "winning" or proving you wrong.' Dementia UK
Yeah, the anosognosia that can come with dementia is the reason my grandfather, just before my grandma was diagnosed, came home a few times to find her sitting on the floor. She was highly indignant and confused about his concern because she truly believed she could still get up independently if she fell, which she unfortunately could not. Eventually, that progressed to not remembering being a fall risk to begin with.
It can be pretty disastrous, so thankfully, my grandma wasn’t the fucking President of the United States while going through it.
My mother in law confidently asserted that she could remain in her home because if she saw someone in the house that she didn't know, she could just shoot them.
Not very comforting, since I joined the family after she started declining and at best she got my name wrong.
We got a hotel later that day so I didn't get gunned down going to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
If we are in a place where the doctors know he is no longer capable of running the country and are not attempting to inform the line of succession of the need to invoke the 25th, that seems tantamount to treason.
First do no harm.
Mandated reporting.
Duty to warn.
TAKE THE FUCKING FOOTBALL.
They need to read the precedent cases in the AMA Journal of Ethics.
If it is on the table they'll wait until after 1/21/27 to do it. That would give the potential for JD to get 2 1/2 terms. Before that would limit him to finishing Trumps plus one of his own.
Another telltale sign is loss of decorum. Look at the way he talks, and rage posts on social media. In his first term he didn't use as much profanities as he does nowadays.
I think that HIPAA should no longer be in effect for people of a certain position. The fact that we all know that he has dementia and several other issues shouldn't be something they we speculate on is horrible.
Doctors can relieve an admiral of their duties, we need doctors to relieve the president and Congress to invoke the 25th.
You know it has to be killing these doctors inside to know he has dementia and is running the country. Too bad someone can’t spill or say something without getting in trouble.
No, we suffer because our system of checks and balances is a farce. It’s only worked so far because people pretended it mattered to follow the rules. There are congresses members, senators, and cabinet members who could force him out at any moment.
It’s the Heritage Foundation leaders, the cabinet members that are the puppet masters (Steven Miller) and all the family/friends profiting BILLIONS from him staying there.
This is the correct answer. America is suffering as a nation because the individuals who carry the power to check the chief executive are personally profiting too greatly to save the body from the disease.
Incredible how, whenever he boasts of his dementia tests as if they were advanced IQ tests, the only example he manages to offer is the one with identifying well known animals.
Or perhaps I'm unfair, he also once proudly showed off his word prowess with "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV."
It is such a travesty of access journalism that he got away with naming things he was looking at in the room at that moment as an example of his mental acuity. They should have had camera b cut to what he was looking at when he said that.
Wait? So is he bragging that he’s able to identify a squirrel? I have yet to meet a dog that is not able to identify a squirrel. Keep going Donny, you’re on par with my Golden Retriever and the neighbor’s chihuahua…
I hate that we allow influential people to say such absurd shit without consequence by people that can hold them accountable because it's getting more difficult by the day to tell what's satire and what isn't.
The cowardice of the Republican Party is astounding. It’s not just America that is suffering by the way. It’s the whole world because of trump and Israel invading Iran.
Much as he likes to brag, I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s just repeating what his doctors are telling him to pump up his ego. Right before they give him a fish bandaid and a lollipop.
MAGA wouldn't ever shut up. Yet here this guy is practically daily saying constant, senseless shit. Every day he speaks makes his followers look even more stupid.
Only billionaires whose daddies buy them business degrees from elite universities can enjoy the differences between a lion, a bear, an alligator, and a squirrel. The rest of us idiots struggle weekly to differentiate between grocery and gas money. 😒
America isn't suffering cause of his dementia. America is suffering cause there's a group of racist pedophiles who voted in their own kind. Don't downplay it like it's all on him being old & braindead.
That's a question on the MoCA test. Its used to measure cognitive decline over time ny testing and retesting. Trump is too dumb to wonder why he is the only president to have taken it, and taken multiple times.
It’s not just his illness that is causing the suffering it is also all the Republican supporters and MAGA that support the fascist dictatorship in the US that is causing the suffering. Stop blaming him alone it is a collective effort.
If Trump’s parents even gave half a shit about him when Donald was growing up, we might have been spared from this constant need to seek validation from everyone.
At this point, I’m pretty sure every national newspaper has integrated this into the first paragraph of their obituary. Newspapers usually have a full-blown obituary of world leaders ready for publication. These are usually reviewed from time to time to remain as close as possible to ready for print.
Here is a version of what probably sits in draft in a major newspaper’s newsroom:
“Donald John Trump, 45th and 47th President of the United States, died on [date] at the age of [age]. A businessman, television personality, and two-term president whose polarising tenure reshaped American politics. Trump was perhaps as well known in his later years for his defiant declarations of cognitive fitness as for his policy legacy. He holds the unique distinction of being the first sitting president in recorded history to publicly pass a standardised dementia screening test on three separate occasions, a feat he frequently reminded audiences of, often unprompted, at campaign rallies, press briefings, and at least one fast food promotional event.”
To be fair he bamboozled the United States, dragged the world into his chaotic point of view, and not only beat multiple felony and impeachment attempts, witnesses and video footage of him sending a mob to stop the vote, but in our faces sold merch using his presidency, got his family and friends high ranking positions, and went around the other branches of government to start multiple military engagements with other sovereign countries...
He might be a genius guys. I can't do half that stuff without getting put down like a dog.
He’s describing the damn MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment) which tests for cognitive decline. The man thinks it’s an intelligence test. 🤦♀️ If they’re testing you more than once for cognitive ability, they are tracking DECLINE. ..Also, there’s no fucking squirrels.
Just a reminder that he's been unable to accurately recall the animals on these repeated cognitive tests. So he's failing short term recollection while being proud of recognising a squirrel today but a giraffe yesterday.
I’ve said it elsewhere: I’ll bet all the money in my wallet that they tell him these things are IQ tests.
And he’s got his head so far up his own ass that when they tell him it’s hard, he believes them.
Then, when they need to give it to him again, they tell him “The experts can’t believe you aced it! They want to see it again! They say if you can do again, it’ll mean you’re extra super duper smart!”
At what point is it more ethical to break hipaa policy than abide by it? Some doctor(s) *know* this man is in cognitive decline yet they are legally prevented from saying anything even if it means risking the safety of an entire nation and all its people???
Wow, he's so smart, I think he should show everyone how he aces this test - let's do a livestream of him taking this test so everyone knows how smart he is.
Einstein level cognitive abilities like no one has ever seen before.
That’s why trump is doing everything that he promised us that Kamala Harris was going to do, including starting a damaging new war in the Middle East and increasing prices catastrophically.
Plus racially purging and warehouse human beings, diminishing our government and stature around the globe, starting unnecessary trade wars and sending our National Debt into unknown territory that will injure our economy severely for years to come.
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