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Soph0571

(9,685 posts)
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:34 AM Jul 2020

Trump tells Sean Hannity he 'aced' a cognitive test, which 'surprised' doctors

President Trump praised his cognitive capabilities on Thursday, telling Fox News host Sean Hannity that he did such an "unbelievable" job during a recent assessment that it left his physicians stunned.

Trump said he took a cognitive test "very recently" at Walter Reed Medical Center, because the "radical left was saying, 'Is he all there, is he all there,' and I proved I was all there because I aced it, I aced the test." The doctors, he continued, were "very surprised. They said, 'That's an unbelievable thing, rarely does anybody do what you just did.'"

[link:https://theweek.com/speedreads/924723/trump-tells-sean-hannity-aced-cognitive-test-which-surprised-doctors|
Emphasis mine

Really? Really? Come on...

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Trump tells Sean Hannity he 'aced' a cognitive test, which 'surprised' doctors (Original Post) Soph0571 Jul 2020 OP
So from this we can surmise that the doctors determined that he needed a cognitive test, Squinch Jul 2020 #1
It's like a card game...... MyOwnPeace Jul 2020 #2
What is the test? How much is 2+2? panader0 Jul 2020 #3
Here is a sampling of the test.... Historic NY Jul 2020 #18
my Mom had to take one and she DID "ace" it Chili Jul 2020 #25
i guess they were shocked that he had any cognitive ability? samsingh Jul 2020 #4
Hear hear!! He and fucker Carlson are turds of a feather. ResistantAmerican17 Jul 2020 #10
yes samsingh Jul 2020 #13
Turds of a feather lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #26
Huh? The guy has mental problems. walkingman Jul 2020 #5
That's why the doctors were so shocked that he could draw a triangle. lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #27
"'Stoned,' sir. I said we were 'stoned'." JHB Jul 2020 #6
My 93 year old mother passed a cognitive test agingdem Jul 2020 #7
That's an unbelievable thing - The only true thing he said. nt Xipe Totec Jul 2020 #8
Imagine D_Master81 Jul 2020 #9
I'm sure he did peacefreak2.0 Jul 2020 #11
Test vishnura Jul 2020 #12
Congrats! That means he's able to draw the face of a clock Mike 03 Jul 2020 #14
Does that imply that even his Drs. think he's impaired (or batshit crazy)? Arkansas Granny Jul 2020 #15
Could Be, It Means... ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #16
The doctors behind closed doors... N_E_1 for Tennis Jul 2020 #17
Yeah. Stunned that someone as mentally unfit as him is allowed to remain the president. GoCubsGo Jul 2020 #19
We overlook the possibility Chainfire Jul 2020 #20
Are you saying he spray-painted Chris Christie orange and shoved him into the test room? lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #28
According to him, all the world leaders think he aced our response to the coronavirus. Tanuki Jul 2020 #21
True & good point. This is because even when Trump fails miserably/is wrong... WePurrsevere Jul 2020 #24
I are confused...is this supposed to be reassuring news? procon Jul 2020 #22
"The doctors were so surprised that I had a brain" dalton99a Jul 2020 #23
"Wow, that's weird. It doesn't show up on the MRI at all!" lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #29
ROFL greenjar_01 Jul 2020 #30

Squinch

(50,955 posts)
1. So from this we can surmise that the doctors determined that he needed a cognitive test,
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:37 AM
Jul 2020

and that when he was done with it, his doctor frowned and said, "Hmmmm."

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
2. It's like a card game......
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:38 AM
Jul 2020

The player can count the "ACE" as a "high" card (most value) or "low" card (least value).

Obviously, we know which way these "doctors" explained his performance to him!

Chili

(1,725 posts)
25. my Mom had to take one and she DID "ace" it
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:24 AM
Jul 2020

The elderly can easily become dehydrated, and when that happens, they slip into dementia behavior that mimics serious issues. Once my Mom got enough water and soup into her, she was fine, but when I took her to the doctor, he wanted to test her. So he asked her the normal questions to test her cognitive status (similar to those above), then asked her to draw any shape she wanted (he didn't say "geometric shape" he just said "shape".) Since she was 81 at the time, her drawing ability wasn't that great, so her rectangle looked a little shaky - all sides were different lengths. So her doctor said, is that what you meant to draw? And she said, yes. He said, so it's a rectangle? "No," she said. "It's a trapezoid."

I nearly jumped up and down. I hated geometry, but I did remember, at that moment, yes! That's a trapezoid!

THAT's what "acing it" is, DJT, you jackass.

Still love my Mom dearly and miss her terribly.

samsingh

(17,599 posts)
4. i guess they were shocked that he had any cognitive ability?
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:40 AM
Jul 2020

hannity is such a treacherous piece of shit. He knows how stupid trump is but continues to promote him despite hundreds of thousands of americans dying, bounties on the heads of our soldiers. hannity is truly truly evil.

agingdem

(7,850 posts)
7. My 93 year old mother passed a cognitive test
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:42 AM
Jul 2020

and she has Alzheimer’s.. just because the orange imbecile could draw a face of clock doesn't say "aced it"...my 4 year old grandson can do the same

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
9. Imagine
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:43 AM
Jul 2020

Imagine having the ego to say on national tv that you “aced” a cognitive test. Not passed, not did well, aced, 100%. I know that always his thing, he’s always doing a 10/10 job and all, but I think this takes it.

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
14. Congrats! That means he's able to draw the face of a clock
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:53 AM
Jul 2020

and distinguish the profile of a camel from that of an elephant.

N_E_1 for Tennis

(9,734 posts)
17. The doctors behind closed doors...
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 07:57 AM
Jul 2020

“We’re stunned by his answers, who thinks like that?”... “GREEN?...he was supposed to pick out the circle!”...”Then, he yells out to me...Hey Ace how’d I do?...I gave him a thumbs up, now he thinks he *aced* it.” “First thing he does when he comes in...starts stripping...says if I don’t how can you see my cogs?”

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
19. Yeah. Stunned that someone as mentally unfit as him is allowed to remain the president.
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:09 AM
Jul 2020

He "aced" a cognitive test? Good Gawd. It's like he never left junior high.

Chainfire

(17,550 posts)
20. We overlook the possibility
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:19 AM
Jul 2020

That, as usual, Trump had someone else take the test for him....The doctors were amazed because he looked nothing like he did on TV.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
24. True & good point. This is because even when Trump fails miserably/is wrong...
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 10:05 AM
Jul 2020

which is pretty much all of the time now, he's a winner, he's the best, he's perfect, everyone loves him or they're "losers"... blah blah blah.

In Trump's tiny narcissistic brain he's always right and perfect and if someone dares to say differently he'll lie, distract, project, gaslight, cry "fake news" etc to shift the blame to anyone but him.

And here I thought living with one growing up was horrible and exhausting. Never in a million years back then would I have thought that the US had enough "deporable"/gullible suckers to get one anywhere near, no less close enough to be 'elected', as president.

procon

(15,805 posts)
22. I are confused...is this supposed to be reassuring news?
Fri Jul 10, 2020, 08:39 AM
Jul 2020

The mere whiff of suspicion that the US President is even suspected of a serious mental problem that affects his thinking and ability to reason and make sound decisions is scary enough. That possibility is made all the worse when Trump, that bizarre circus freak, thinks it's to his advantage to boast that he actually is capable of independent.

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