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Trump again touts his ‘perfect health’ and claims he’s ‘aced’ several cognitive tests in rambling rally speech (www.independent.co.uk)

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[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

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“I did something no other president's ever done. I took cognitive tests because I know that and by the way, not easy,” Trump said in his Friday speech that was reportedly meant to focus on the economy.

“The first question is like, ‘What is this?’ And they show a lion, a giraffe, a fish, and a hippopotamus. And they say, ‘Which is the giraffe?’” he recalled.

“I don't think Joe would have gotten the first question right,” Trump said. “He would say hippo. ‘I want the hippo,’” the president continued, as his insults against his predecessor drew some laughs from the crowd.

“I've taken now three cognitive tests. I've aced every single one of them,” Trump claimed, pausing as the crowd erupted in applause and cheers.

Edit: It gets way worse than this. 44:39 he starts talking about people thinking he's dead and then leads into this stuff. It lasts for many minutes and he goes into excruciating detail. https://youtu.be/77TqXo0KLrY?t=2679

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 61 points 1 week ago (7 children)

If the test are hard then you got issues. The test aren't supposed to be hard. And if you keep having to take them then again means your not mentally stable.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Do you know of any examples of the test? Everything seems to be geared towards caregivers.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are different kinds of tests, but this is an example: https://www.healthcare.uiowa.edu/familymedicine/fpinfo/Docs/MOCA/MoCA-8.1-English-Test-2020.pdf

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks for this. His seemed easier, they must have skipped those first 2 questions.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Probably, connecting the dots was never his forte.

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