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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]Joinfortmill
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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
Yesterday
OP
Who is gonna tell him (again) that healthy/normal/"smart" people don't need to be tested by five doctors like that?
RockRaven
Yesterday
#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
Yesterday
#4
Funny, I'm about to be 78 and no doctor has had me take a cognitive test. I just had my
sinkingfeeling
Yesterday
#7
Its not an automatic thing. You only do this when you've already assessed that something is off
tulipsandroses
20 hrs ago
#55
There is no such question on any known cognitive test. Nothing even remotely close.
Wiz Imp
21 hrs ago
#50
Right. Personally, I don't believe Trump could even count backward by sevens accurately.
Wiz Imp
5 hrs ago
#66
They were testing to see if you were disoriented (to person, place, time, situation)
King_Klonopin
6 hrs ago
#60
They probably asked him to name the kind of animal it was, and he's gotten confused in the retelling.
TheRickles
22 hrs ago
#31
How dumb do the idiots behind him at his rallies have to be to not realize he's dementia
ChicagoTeamster
22 hrs ago
#23
They clapped and cheered when he did this routine in front of the elderly
travelingthrulife
6 hrs ago
#63
Jeez, you would think people who lived through a whole life maybe even a war along with multiple
ChicagoTeamster
6 hrs ago
#65