WHY DO THEY KEEP GIVING TRUMP COGNITIVE TESTS? - 10.30.25 Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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SEASON 4 EPISODE 29: COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLBERMANN

A-Block (2:30) SPECIAL COMMENT: The correct question has been lying there, invisible in the forest, for the trees.

It was Mary Trump who finally saw it – and asked it: “Why the hell (do) they KEEP giving him cognitive tests?”
That’s IT - isn’t it? THAT'S the question.
None of the details, none of the giraffes versus elephants, none of his stupid boastful insults about it, none of the small stuff. It's the big picture. Why the hell DO they keep giving him cognitive tests?

And I’ll add a corollary to Mary Trump's burst of simple genius: Why the hell do they KEEP giving him cognitive tests almost exactly six months apart?
Friday October 10, 2015 at Walter Reed, which he boasted about on board Air Force One this week. And Friday April 11, 2015, which he had also boasted about on board Air Force One last spring. Those dates are almost six months apart. 182 days.

[Jersey Devil]

1. Cognitive tests combined with MRI

suggests to me they were looking for evidence of the onset of dimentia or a stroke. I doubt they'd just give a random cognitive tests if they had him in for any other reason, such as an MRI of his legs or heart to find the cause of his ankle swelling.

[Omnipresent]

2. A red flag goes up to everyone when he opens his mouth.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Yeah, that's what they'll admit to

Raise your hand if you think we're getting the whole picture.

[Orrex]

4. Maybe he'll just fucking die

[Wiz Imp]

5. One thing about this that I haven't seen anyone pointing out...

Trump said this latest test was 30 or 35 questions. The most well-known cognitive assessment test for dementia patients is the "MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT (MoCA ®)" which is only about 10 questions. So that means one of 2 things - either he was given the MoCA and thought it was 3 times as long as it actually was OR he was given a much more extensive test which would imply that there really are serious concerns about his dementia symptoms.

[NameAlreadyTaken]

6. Dementia

[Wonder Why]

7. Bacause he is a scientific anamoly. A person alive without a brain.

[thought crime]

8. He needs the practice.

[Marthe48]

9. Maybe the test involves a probe

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