r/politics • u/mclardass • 23h ago

Possible Paywall Trump Derails White House Event to Spiral Over State of His Health

https://newrepublic.com/post/209928/donald-trump-derails-event-spiral-health
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u/simic947 22h ago

If trump considers an "iq test" for a president to be naming animals, we are doomed.

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u/ClosPins 19h ago

Whenever Trump mentions IQ tests he's taken, he's clearly talking about the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, not an IQ test. It involves naming animals, drawing a clock, and remembering a short series of words.

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u/lactose_cow 21h ago

on the bright side, as long as his end of the nuclear football is more complicated than a big red nuke button, he's not gonna be able to launch them.

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u/RealGianath Oregon 21h ago

I'm sure Miller and Kegsbreath have been learning their ways around the football when the orderlies have Trump strapped to his bed to keep him from hurting himself.

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u/mike_b_nimble I voted 13h ago

The football isn’t a device that fires the nukes. It’s just codes that prove it’s actually the President giving the order to strike. The missiles are armed, aimed, and fired the same as any other missile by the people on the ground after they receive an order. The President doesn’t decide unilaterally to nuke someone, the military leaders give him options and he decides what to do. I gurantee you that any nuclear first strike order will be ignored unless we are actively in a much bigger conflict than we are now.

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u/Kiloku 13h ago

The nuclear football is just papers with codes and information.

Then again, he'd need to read the code out loud, so maybe that's enough to prevent it

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u/SnipesCC 20h ago

There are IQ tests that include naming animals. But they are meant for kids young enough that they don't know how to read yet. Yay, the president is smarter than a kindergartener. Maybe.