Trump Stuns With New Comments on Cognitive Test: ‘Can’t Stop Watching’
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President Donald Trump talked a lot about his cognitive test in a new interview with Fox News’ Dr. Marc Siegel.
The president swiped at Joe Biden’s mental fitness and said of his own test, in part, “It was 30, 35 questions. The First questions are very easy. The last questions are much more difficult. Like a memory question. It’s like you’ll go ‘person, woman, man, camera, TV.’ So they say could you repeat that? I said, yeah. ‘Person, woman, man, camera, TV.’ Okay, that’s very good. If you get it in order, you get extra points.”
“I have, like, a good memory. Because I’m cognitively there,” Trump said.
The clip got quite a lot of attention on Twitter:
Can't stop watching Trump on the cognitive test:
"The last questions are much more difficult. Like a memory question. It’s like you’ll go 'person, woman, man, camera, TV.' So they say could you repeat that? I said, yeah. 'Person, woman, man, camera, TV.' Okay, that's very good." pic.twitter.com/Ggv42oGliu
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 23, 2020
Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV, 70,000 COVID Cases Today. pic.twitter.com/74O87vajOd
— Pod Save America (@PodSaveAmerica) July 23, 2020
"Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV" was the title of my third album. It had a Talking Heads vibe.
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) July 23, 2020
these are the saddest of possible words
person woman man camera tv
trio of bear cubs and fleeter than birds
person woman man camera tv— Alexandra Petri (@petridishes) July 23, 2020
Trump’s description of a cognitive test is mesmerizing pic.twitter.com/Gx4o9HNaXR
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 23, 2020
Jim Halpert had fun practicing this on Dwight on the Office before sneaking into the Oval Office.
Somewhere, Pam's giggling. https://t.co/58HBsiXjzC
— Jed Shugerman (@jedshug) July 23, 2020
Trump keeping his cognitive state as a central theme in the election is some of that 12 dimensional chess we've all heard so much about https://t.co/uRxo3LNrg6
— Don Moynihan (@donmoyn) July 23, 2020
.@sarahcpr: How to cognitive test? https://t.co/sksWVAXVSM
— Kate Brannen (@K8brannen) July 23, 2020
“I’m cognitively there” https://t.co/Hk4ZFUhatA
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 23, 2020
“I have like, a good memory. Because I’m cognitively there.” https://t.co/VOSIiYqjza
— Seung Min Kim (@seungminkim) July 23, 2020
Trump boasts of passing test designed to show whether someone has dementia: “i’m cognitively there” https://t.co/RzzOYfkLdB
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) July 23, 2020
The SAT was much harder, but @realDonaldTrump wouldn’t know that. https://t.co/t9G52JszWG
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 23, 2020
Fun Fact: This answer is officially registered as a “fail” in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test. https://t.co/pMXd9Kft5X
— Reza Aslan (@rezaaslan) July 23, 2020
Sweet merciful crap https://t.co/st2G0AujuH
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 23, 2020
It takes approximately 10 minutes to administer the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).
In this response, President Trump talks about what happens "ten minutes, fifteen, twenty minutes later," and "about twenty, twenty-five minutes later." pic.twitter.com/jS7z72wVsv
— David Gura (@davidgura) July 23, 2020
How could anyone in the Trump campaign think that his continued talking about the cognitive test is going to help him? https://t.co/5qF1XuEo6K
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) July 23, 2020
I’m really going to need @sarahcpr to setup a Patreon or something so that I won’t feel like I’m exploiting her artistry when I request new videos. pic.twitter.com/k19Strvf5X
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) July 23, 2020
Someone on the Biden team, no doubt, is trying to work the following words into their next press release: Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) July 23, 2020
