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[–] modern_drift@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

I'm sure he has a serious condition and (if it was anyone else) I would say that should never be taken lightly.

But... They need to put him on stage with AOC and Crockett. Give the reps a college entrance exam and Trump a grade school one. See who scores better. He wants to keep calling them out, he needs to follow through.

[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 148 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Maybe because he's a fucking moron

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 87 points 1 week ago (4 children)

He's too stupid to realize that going on and on about how difficult the test was that he aced does not make him look smart. He's too stupid to realize other people know what's on that test and just how straightforward it is. He's too stupid to understand that it's not an intelligence test. He's too stupid.

[–] bagsy@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

I could completely believe passing this test is impressive to his supporters and that most of them would fail it.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

You know there was a whole game show about this.

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[–] crandlecan@mander.xyz 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] rayyy@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

Has little to do with being old. Bernie Sanders is old but he is sharp. The orange dolt never even approached average except in being a shit-head - he honed this skill.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sure, if he's the moron, then what do you call the millions who voted for him?

[–] niva@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 days ago

The bigger morons!

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

America has an education problem and it's been getting worse for decades, especially in the South and rural areas.

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, but it's ok. The states will handle it as soon as the department of education is shut down.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

As long as the states follow the Republican Christian doctrine

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Assuming human intelligence naturally follows a normal distribution model plus add in confounding factors like: malnutrition, chemicals, abuse, etc. that are known to degrade human reasoning. Reasoning is further restricted by limiting access to education and extensive false propaganda. These factors flattens and shift the distribution curve to the left.

The millions of people who voted for him are morons what are easily manipulated by their ignorance and fear.

This has always been the Achilles heal of a democratic systems.

No "maybe" about it.

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[–] Bustedknuckles@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I want to know if the MRI was ordered before or after the "very hard" cognitive test..my grandfather's dementia was diagnosed as due to multiple infarctions and he lived a long time in memory care. Get the 25th ready

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 37 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The fact that such legal measures aren't used on so many of our representatives when they show obvious decline (or incompetence) shows that others behind the scene are gaining from keeping them in place as long as possible. This isn't a way to run a government.

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 week ago

It sure is a way to cling to power.

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[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

Why would they?

His base worships him. And miller et al already do whatever the hell they want. Just drag trump out to drool on camera and show proof of life a few times a month and then run the country themselves.

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Seems there were issues replicating the study.

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 38 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV

[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The best thing about that is that he wasn’t even remembering the words from the test, he was naming things he could see

Phone. Pillow. Darkness. Maybe monsters.

[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

you def beat me to it, but I love the last bit too much sry

[–] 60d@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago

No one's ever got perfect, he said. He dares everyone that disagrees with him on policy to go up against his score.

Sounds like he's surrounded by sycophants telling him how smart he is.

[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 26 points 1 week ago

Dementia test is hard - Trump

[–] Redditsux@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Yeah he has early dementia.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

He is 79. That's not early.

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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"My IQ is in the 99.99th percentile!"

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It sure is. On the left side.

[–] hemmes@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Yeah, this is definitely funny. But these aren’t the headlines that really get me feeling good. What really gets my going are the headlines that say a judge blocked another selfish, unconstitutional order, or when a MAGA supporter or member of the Republican Party in Congress realizes the greed is out of control and starts to buck back, when an institution or organization decides to push back against the bullshit and say no — I like those headlines the best. (can’t recall if we’ve truly seen that last one actually).

Because the reality is that Trump isn’t dumb. He’s a lying, cheating, asshole. Has been his whole life, every New Yorker knows that. And what he does know is that if he lies or cheats, and nobody does anything about it, he gets away with it, each time getting easier.

[–] Garbagio@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Mmm, intelligence is a broad, multifaceted descriptor that as defined rarely describes the full tapestry of a person's skills. I can still very safely say that in most cases though, Trump is an absolute dumbfuck. He just happens to be smart when it comes to convincing other dumbfucks of his dumb shit.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

He knows the Church of the Subgenius mantra quite well - "Act like a dumbshit and they'll treat you like an equal" - J.R. "Bob" Dobbs

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[–] mrmaplebar@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago

He truly is one of the dumbest people I've ever witnessed.

[–] Jolly_Platypus@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

He loves the uneducated. They are as stupid as he is.

[–] bluemoon@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago

and the US school tests are the simplest in the world...

[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can he read the phrase "go to jail"

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

He can read it just fine - the problem there is our impotent legal system.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Didn't Donbald say it gets super-hard when the questions get up to 20 or 25 or something?

If we are talking about MoCA, there are only 11 questions on the versions I've seen. What is he even talking about when he challenges AOC and Jasmine Crocket to take the test? It's not a test to prove how smart you are, but he's there talking about how "low IQ" they are and how tough this cognitive exam is. It's not even close to the flex he thinks it is.

Someone needs to take the keys away from Grandpa....

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

Didn’t he do that in his first term as well?

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump: You voted for me because I am stupid like you!

[–] CityPop@lemmy.today 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

He tells it like it is!

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago
[–] 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

i know id fail math 100% need a calculator at all times.

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[–] tisktisk@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

Person, woman, man, camera, TV...if you get it all right, you get an extra point
🤣

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