Trump took a clinical test for dementia and by his own account he struggled with the questions.

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/07/trump-ridiculed-after-5-cognitive-questions-he-called-very-hard-during-fox-interview-are-revealed/

During his combative interview with Fox News host Chris Wallace, Donald Trump defended his boast that he “aced” a test he was given by doctors to test his cognitive abilities by stating that the last five questions were “very hard” and that he doubted the Wallace would be able to answer them.

That led internet sleuths to look up those five questions that the president assigned a high degree of difficulty and, as the Daily Beast’s Julia Davis tweeted (along with an image also published by the Las Vegas Sun), the test taker would be asked ” “What day is it?” and “Where are you?”

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[LakeArenal]

1. The last two questions were

What’s the date
And
Where are you.

Thems tuff questions.

[brewens]

2. Has anyone demanded he produce the test? Not the one he actually used with his results.

Just a copy of what it was. Show us how difficult it really is and verify that is one given to other patients. There should be no reason not to if it's worth bragging about. No way they will. Especially with him claiming it was tough.

[MuchBetterThanThis]

14. Dude won't show his taxes.. Why would he show his cognitive test results??

Subpoenas? What's that?...There's noway in hell we'd see this

[tblue37]

3. It didn't occur to him that people could and would check out his claims. He's so used to getting

away with any sort of absolute BS, that he just assumed his claims would be accepted at face value.

[Chainfire]

8. Trump lives in the moment

Nothing before counts and nothing ahead matters.

[RockRaven]

4. That headline point cannot be emphasized enough. HE. TOLD. US. IT. WAS. HARD.

[central scrutinizer]

5. Before I could sign my new will

I had to answer some questions to show I was of “sound mind”. One of the questions was, “who is the president of the US “. My answer, “I refuse to say that name.” That was enough- I passed.

[TheBlackAdder]

6. I guess Kayleigh will have to add another tab in her Cheat Sheet binder: LAST 5 ?s

[Freethinker65]

7. My dad took it and failed. I believe he also had to draw a clock.

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The remembering three random words after 5 minutes really tripped him up.

However, when he came home, he practiced counting backwards, drawing the clock, etc. He even figured out tricks to help remember three random words. There is no doubt he would have passed the test with practice during his early stage dementia. He later took a much more extensive test and received "treatment" for the condition.

My dad never denied being diagnosed with dementia though. He found it frustrating until the very end. As a family, we expected to see the decline of motor and mental skills, but were not prepared for the change in personality and behavior.

I see that in Trump.

[Jim__]

9. Drawing the clock was on Trump's test.

It's over to the right LasVegasSun:

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[Blue_true]

10. Honestly, I believe that remembering five random words after 5 minutes without

clues would trip up most people, including high functioning people. That is the part of the test that I would have likely not gotten right if I was taking it, the rest of the test was extremely easy.

[Tommymac]

15. My spouse administers test like this everyday...

She says most people actually do remember most of the words and surprise themselves.

I'm sure you would do well.

[betsuni]

23. I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it.

I never remember names. Have a terrible memory. Five random words after five minutes? No way. In fact, I'd give up before even trying -- just mark that down as a fail.

[Wounded Bear]

11. I posted this on another message board. Seems to apply...

FFS! The 'test' was neither an IQ test, nor a test of any basic knowledge. It was a cognitive test to see if the person't brain is working at a basic level and not suffering from a concussion or something. It isolates symptoms of strokes and shit. Any functional grade school kid could probably pass it.

Trump is bragging about passing 3rd grade here.

[2naSalit]

18. It's likr a cognitive test given to me when I was ten!

[Dem2theMax]

12. Can being under stress non-stop affect your ability to take this test?

I'm really serious here because I did not do well on this test. I'm 63 years old. And I will fully admit I am stressed out 24/7.

[wnylib]

16. Yes, I would expect that stress would

have an effect. I'd think it would be harder to focus when under stress.

[Dem2theMax]

17. I sure hope so. Normally, I wouldn't have problems with a test like that.

At least I don't think so. I've seen those things in the past and I've never had a problem doing them.

In addition to the world falling apart, my body has been having all kinds of issues and I can't get medical treatment due to the virus. So it's stress plus around here.

The next time I see my GP, I'm going to ask her to give me one of these tests. Just to be on the safe side.

[KentuckyWoman]

20. Yes. in triplicate.

Stress messes you up in so many ways. Out of curiosity I took the test again right after my husband passed after a long illness. I did not do well at all - not quite as bad as just after my stroke.

Situational stress is really hard to do anything about. I joined an online caregiver group, gained a lot of weight and about lost my marbles. Oh I functioned fine until about 2 weeks after he died, and then I completely fell apart. I forgot how to use an ATM. I had 3 days straight I could not tie shoes. It was that bad. I'm still finding things I put in some dumbass place during the month of December.


Some people get through it better. They run, or meditate or whatever. I'll assume you do what you can in your situation to mitigate stress. So outside of that, let just say my heart is with you.

[Dem2theMax]

21. Bless you for opening up and writing that to me.

You just helped me more than you can possibly know.

What you wrote just brought back some memories of a time in my past where I was severely stressed. Bad relationship stuff. I got in the shower one day and when it was time to turn the shower off, I couldn't remember how to do it! I just stood in the shower and cried and cried because I couldn't remember how to turn off the water. That was a good 25 years ago.

What you wrote jogged that memory loose for me.
And as that happened, I realized I am pretty much in the same stress overload, different reasons, but it feels exactly the same. So I'm not losing my mind. I am just stressed beyond belief. Time for some serious self care. And you reminded me of that too.

Thank you and bless you!

[Buckeyeblue]

13. Is this test adminstered due to current symptoms?

Or is it given to everyone at a certain age? And if the test is triggered symptomatically, what were Trump's symptoms?

[Wounded Bear]

22. Near as can be determined...

it was given after his trip to the hospital a few months ago. It was never announced why he went, and the WH tried to say it was part of his "normal" periodic physical.

Like most things Trump, it sounds like bullshit.

[KentuckyWoman]

19. I was given this test several times after a stroke a few years ago. They told me I aced it.

In fact, in the beginning I missed almost everything. About 8 months into recovery then I started getting closer to the "normal" range for performance.


My guess is DJT was told he aced it and actually didn't.

[Johnny2X2X]

24. Why was he given this test?

His dad had Alzheimer’s. Is he suffering from something that brings into question his cognitive abilities?