Trump Insists Biden Take A Cognitive Test After President Passes Physical

Former President Donald Trump is insisting that President Joe Biden take a cognitive check to hunt reelection whereas as soon as once more boasting of getting “aced” such a check twice himself after going through related scrutiny of his age.

“Crooked Joe Biden must take a Cognitive Test. Maybe that way we would be able to find out why he makes such terrible decisions,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account on Thursday. “All Presidents, or people wanting to become President, should mandatorily take this test!”

Trump’s urging follows Biden finishing his annual bodily on Wednesday however not present process a cognitive check. Biden’s doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor, stated the 81-year-old is “fit for duty” and {that a} cognitive check isn’t essential.

Trump, who’s 77, has repeatedly boasted about having handed two cognitive checks whereas in workplace. In 2020, he advised Fox News that he personally requested one such check to “shut these people up,” referring to critics who questioned his psychological acuity. He handed this check with flying colours, he stated.

“They say, ‘That’s amazing, how did you do that?’ I do it because I have, like, a good memory. Because I’m cognitively there,” Trump stated.

Both males are the 2 oldest males elected to the U.S. presidency and have consequently confronted scrutiny over their age and psychological aptitude whereas making verbal flubs throughout public remarks.

Trump final month confused former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley with former Democratic House speaker Nancy Pelosi, telling a crowd in New Hampshire that “Nikki Haley was in charge of security” through the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.

Biden’s reminiscence was additionally scrutinized in a Department of Justice report launched earlier this month that examined his dealing with of labeled paperwork after leaving workplace. Earlier this month, he additionally confused Angela Merkel with one other former German chancellor, Helmut Kohl, who died in 2017.

Haley, who’s 55 and Trump’s final remaining rival for the Republican presidential nomination, has in the meantime referred to as for psychological competency checks for presidential candidates over 75 years outdated.