Trump’s off-the-cuff disclosure that he underwent an MRI scan is raising fresh questions about the secrecy surrounding Trump’s health and the need for presidents to be more transparent.
Trump is the oldest person to be elected president, and his aides and allies have long projected him as the picture of strength and vitality.
Outside physicians initially raised questions after Trump visited Walter Reed Military Medical Center earlier this month for what the White House described as a routine follow-up visit, though it was his second visit in six months.
He’s really proud of having undergone - and aced, according to him - two cognitive tests in one year. But he totally fails to see that this many such tests at such short intervals is a clear sign that his doctors are worried he’s actively going gaga.
Not to mention, acing a cognitive test is about as difficult as acing a patellar reflex test: it’s not a sign that you’re smart, it’s just proof that your noggin’ is still working correctly at a basic level.
Of course he’s proud! It’s probably the only test he’s ever passed.
Oh his doctors know some shit but the issue is nobody will do anything about it because as soon as they do the house of cards will fall. I expect his inner circle has had to walk him back from the precipice several times. And there’s the rub. His handlers actually control most everything he sees, and when they don’t he sees riots in Portland from several years ago and thinks it’s current. As soon as he gets 25’d they lose all that power. Kinda like what was going on with Dianne Feinstein. She was barely lucid at the end and was being puppeteered by her staff.
You’ve obviously not done a full round of cognitive testing. Many people are surprised at how poorly they do the first time.
Correct. You know why? Because unlike the POTUS, I don’t need to: nobody has any doubt about my mental faculties.
I suspect part of the test is remembering the first time, and doing better the second time 🙂