In an interview with Reuters, Trump bragged about getting a perfect score a test that is designed to diagnose dementia.
“I’d sit down, but I‘m not sure that sitting down will solve the problem,†he said, noting that past negotiations with the North Koreans by his predecessors had failed to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.
He blamed his three immediate predecessors, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, for failing to resolve the crisis and, a day after his doctor gave him a perfect score on a cognitive test, suggested he had the mental acuity to solve it.
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“I guess they all realized they were going to have to leave it to a president that scored the highest on tests,†he said.
The test that Trump scored the highest on during his physical was a test to see if he had a degenerative brain disorder. Contrary to what Trump thinks, getting the highest score doesn’t mean that he is smart. It means that his brain is not being ravaged by the horrible condition of dementia.
Trump thinks that the test proved that he is smart when what it actually proved was that his lack of intellect and lucidity can’t be blamed on dementia.
Donald Trump is bragging because he isn’t demented, but Trump’s boast proves that he’s an idiot.
Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.
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