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PJMcK

(24,818 posts)
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:33 PM Tuesday

A thought about Trump's cognitive tests

The next time he brags that he aced his tests a reporter should tell Trump what we all know, namely that the tests are not IQ exams but are used to screen for dementia and the fact that he has had three exams indicates his behavior is troubling to his doctors.

It’s so easy to understand that it’s unfathomable to me that no one ever challenges this idiot!

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A thought about Trump's cognitive tests (Original Post) PJMcK Tuesday OP
We don't know the results of those exams, only what Klarkashton Tuesday #1
I don't think the results matter PJMcK Tuesday #3
You've just highlighted how worthless the corporate media in DC is. RockRaven Tuesday #2
He's having some bad moments at the Whitehouse. Omnipresent Tuesday #4

PJMcK

(24,818 posts)
3. I don't think the results matter
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:42 PM
Tuesday

It’s the fact that his doctors had him take three of them. That’s not normal unless the professionals sense something is wrong.

RockRaven

(18,807 posts)
2. You've just highlighted how worthless the corporate media in DC is.
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 12:40 PM
Tuesday

They don't neglect to say that because they don't understand what you outlined. They neglect to say that because they are spineless and mewling.

They care about ongoing access even more than they care about momentary ratings (such a clip would be a mega-ultra-viral bonanza, but would get the reporter/network banned from the WH).

Omnipresent

(7,324 posts)
4. He's having some bad moments at the Whitehouse.
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 01:55 PM
Tuesday

Somewhere along the lines of trump Probably keeps asking his aids to let his father, Fred Trump (decreased) into the oval office for a visit then gets really angry with them when they don’t do what he tells them.

Dementia is bad enough without having full blown alzheimer’s.

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