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Trump fishes for praise after identifying a squirrel in cognitive test (www.nj.com)

submitted 1 day ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/26175643

“You have a lion, a bear, an alligator and... a squirrel. OK, which is the squirrel?” Trump recounted at the event.

The question involving a cat, a dog, and a raccoon were too challenging, I'm sure.

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[–] daannii@lemmy.world 24 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

“I think everyone in this room is brilliant, but nobody’s going to get all 30 questions correct, nobody, because when you get to those last questions, they’re pretty hard. You got to be pretty sharp,” Trump said.

A cognitively healthy person gets all of the questions correct.

He told on himself.

[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

I'm convinced they have only managed to get him to take these tests by telling him they're to measure his IQ, and that's why he keeps bragging on them. He keeps talking about his "perfect brain" like he's a second grader that just aced an arithmetic test.