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In reply to the discussion: Trump says that 5 doctors administered a cognitive test to him during his first term and adds, "the first question was y [View all]maxsolomon
(39,158 posts)22. He talks so that no one else can speak.
He fills the air with whatever confabulation he thinks might be amusing but ultimately the goal is merely to use up time making people look at him and his grotesque clownery.
He may have taken one of these tests once but he DGAF if his story is accurate or consistent.
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Trump says that 5 doctors administered a cognitive test to him during his first term and adds, "the first question was y [View all]
riversedge
22 hrs ago
OP
Who is gonna tell him (again) that healthy/normal/"smart" people don't need to be tested by five doctors like that?
RockRaven
22 hrs ago
#2
Thats stupid. Im a lot older than he is and all they ask me is to draw a clock face with a certain time.
Srkdqltr
22 hrs ago
#4
Funny, I'm about to be 78 and no doctor has had me take a cognitive test. I just had my
sinkingfeeling
22 hrs ago
#7
Its not an automatic thing. You only do this when you've already assessed that something is off
tulipsandroses
18 hrs ago
#55
There is no such question on any known cognitive test. Nothing even remotely close.
Wiz Imp
19 hrs ago
#50
Right. Personally, I don't believe Trump could even count backward by sevens accurately.
Wiz Imp
4 hrs ago
#66
They were testing to see if you were disoriented (to person, place, time, situation)
King_Klonopin
4 hrs ago
#60
They probably asked him to name the kind of animal it was, and he's gotten confused in the retelling.
TheRickles
20 hrs ago
#31
How dumb do the idiots behind him at his rallies have to be to not realize he's dementia
ChicagoTeamster
20 hrs ago
#23
They clapped and cheered when he did this routine in front of the elderly
travelingthrulife
4 hrs ago
#63
Jeez, you would think people who lived through a whole life maybe even a war along with multiple
ChicagoTeamster
4 hrs ago
#65