President Trump
Donald John TrumpTrump says he would feel comfortable sending his son and grandchildren to school in person. Cafeteria worker on White House grounds tests positive for COVID-19: Reports Republicans will begin revealing the coronavirus package Thursday MORE On Wednesday, for the second time in a week, he bragged about his performance on a cognitive test, boasting extensively about his ability to remember five words in order.
Trump, in an interview meant to focus on the coronavirus pandemic, told Fox News analyst Marc Siegel that he asked White House doctors about taking an acuity test to rule out questions about his mental state.
“The first questions are very easy, the last questions are much more difficult. Like a memory question,” Trump explained. “It’s as if you were saying ‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV’. So they were saying, ‘Could you repeat that?’ So I said, “Yes. Then he is a person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV “.”
“It really isn’t that easy. But it was easy for me, “Trump continued.” And that is not an easy question. In other words, they ask you, they give you five names and you have to repeat them. And that is fine. If you repeat them out of order, that’s fine. But, you know, it’s not that good. But then when you come back about 20, 25 minutes later and they say, “Go back to that question …” and then, “Person.” Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ They say, ‘That is amazing. How did you do that?’ ”
“I do it because I have a good memory,” concluded the president. “Because I’m cognitively there.”
The President again bragged about the cognitive test. He claims he took it to calm the media. He also talks about how well he did on the memory question, but forgets the name of the test he took. pic.twitter.com/gQiyFBPK7a
– Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) July 23, 2020
The president offered two different deadlines for when he took the exam. He initially said it was administered about a year ago, but then explained how he asked Ronny Jackson, who resigned as a White House doctor in early 2018, to administer the test.
Jackson told reporters after Trump’s 2018 physical exam that the president answered all questions correctly on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, a test designed to detect mild cognitive decline or the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.
The White House has not indicated in the next two years whether Trump took a cognitive exam as part of his annual physical exam.
The president has become obsessed with his performance on an assessment that is generally used to screen for dementia while trying to paint the alleged Democratic presidential candidate. Joe Biden
Joe BidenGOP questions whether Trump will stick to the new coronavirus approach The Trump administration to give additional B to nursing homes Trump responds to Biden’s accusation of racism comparing himself to Lincoln MORE as mentally incapable of handling the job as president.
In an interview with Chris Wallace
Christopher (Chris) Wallace Nearly 3,500 public health experts sign a letter in support of Fauci The Lincoln Project launches a laugh ad hammering Trump Wallace’s interview with Trump offering 5.8 million viewers MORE aired Sunday, Trump also cited his performance on the cognitive test, which the “Fox News Sunday” presenter noted “was not the most difficult test.”
“They have a photo and it says ‘What is that?’ and it’s an elephant, “Wallace said.
“No, no, no … You see, everything is misrepresentation,” Trump replied, arguing that the test becomes more difficult as it progresses.
Earlier this month, Trump told the Fox News presenter Sean Hannity
Sean Patrick HannityComey will release his second book, “Saving Justice: Truth, Transparency and Trust” in January Press: Trump implodes in “Fox News Sunday” lawsuit accuses former Fox presenter Ed Henry of rape MORE that the doctors “were very surprised” that he “matched” the cognitive test while challenging Biden to take the same test.
Trump and Biden have faced questions about their age and fitness for the job.
Trump, 74, was the oldest president to be elected and sworn in. Biden would be 78 on opening day if he wins the November election.
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