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Trumpy is once again claiming he aced a cognitive test--in a real nasty way....... (Original Post) riversedge Wednesday OP
Trump humiliates himself and the USA every day. Irish_Dem Wednesday #1
Word! yellow dahlia Wednesday #11
I'm Not Convinced He is Subject to Humiliation Like Humans Typically Are The Roux Comes First Thursday #40
Of course, humiliation doesn't register with him. Irish_Dem Thursday #41
Trump the liar told us he aced them lame54 Wednesday #2
He probably did. tavernier Thursday #44
Has anyone explained this to him? buzzycrumbhunger Wednesday #3
Seriously Deserves Repetition (And More Repetition): ahnakneemoose Wednesday #7
I honestly believe his handlers lie to him to get him to take these tests Niagara Wednesday #10
Oh my god, I think you're right PatSeg Wednesday #19
When caring for someone with dementia, the caregiver has to use "tricks" to get the person with dementia Niagara Wednesday #28
Yes, that makes sense to me PatSeg Wednesday #35
"as smart as him." Norrrm Wednesday #33
I'd forgotten that about MENSA PatSeg Wednesday #36
This message was self-deleted by its author PatSeg Wednesday #37
I doubt they've told him MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #13
It's not something to brag about - Ms. Toad Wednesday #38
Nobody thought it was necessary to ask Obama or Biden to identify a lion, a giraffe and a rhino Ocelot II Wednesday #4
This is what is known as a classic "Self-own" Coventina Wednesday #5
Not enough Americans are pointing and laughing at the pedophile Blue Owl Wednesday #6
It's a shame they don't have a Nobel prize for this accomplishment dalton99a Wednesday #8
Fixed it........ riversedge Wednesday #9
That's more like it MustLoveBeagles Wednesday #14
I know it's nit picking.... but that's "Felony Convictions" groundloop Wednesday #20
Believing that "acing" 3 Cognitive Tests shows mental superiority just proves Trump needs to take another test. sop Wednesday #12
Two entrants: The loser comes in at second place BeneteauBum Wednesday #15
??? 58Sunliner Wednesday #22
Explained BeneteauBum Wednesday #23
His post is a self own. surfered Wednesday #16
Ha, why hasn't anyone told him? Figarosmom Wednesday #17
Corrrection please. usonian Wednesday #18
Taken cognitive tests: 0 0 10 Renew Deal Wednesday #21
This ranks up there with his most stupid posts ever. EndlessMaze Wednesday #24
Person, woman, man, camera... AdamGG Wednesday #25
oompah is so proud that he finally 'aced' a test. pansypoo53219 Wednesday #26
He also "aced" STD tests. He was told that he tested positive so he thought that it was a good thing.. Dave Bowman Wednesday #29
What an extraordinary achievement! Dave Bowman Wednesday #27
He is too mush-brained to understand that being repeatedly subjected to the RockRaven Wednesday #30
Honestly who with an actual brain believes it. efhmc Wednesday #31
Brilliant mr715 Wednesday #32
He is an idiot. He has always been and always will be. Facts are facts. efhmc Wednesday #34
Those two great Presidents odins folly Wednesday #39
This message was self-deleted by its author pat_k Thursday #42
Are you kidding me? Botany Thursday #43
I thought he's bragged about acing 5 or 6 cognitive tests KS Toronado Thursday #45

Irish_Dem

(82,620 posts)
1. Trump humiliates himself and the USA every day.
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:29 PM
Wednesday

He is too self absorbed and mentally ill to see it.

But the rest of the world sees it and laughs.
The US has become pathetic.

The Roux Comes First

(2,360 posts)
40. I'm Not Convinced He is Subject to Humiliation Like Humans Typically Are
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:11 PM
Thursday

His "upbringing" seems to have focused largely on expunging any connection to the range of emotions around shame.

Irish_Dem

(82,620 posts)
41. Of course, humiliation doesn't register with him.
Thu May 28, 2026, 03:32 PM
Thursday

He thinks people are jealous of him and wants revenge on them.

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,224 posts)
3. Has anyone explained this to him?
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:29 PM
Wednesday

That a cognitive test is done when you’re showing signs of dementia—and that taking them repeatedly is to monitor worsening? Most importantly, that this is NOT something you brag about because it’s just illustrating how poorly you’ve done on them...

Seriously, he is the dumbest arsehole to have ever lived. Has he ever had a clue about… ANYTHING?

ahnakneemoose

(61 posts)
7. Seriously Deserves Repetition (And More Repetition):
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:38 PM
Wednesday
He is the dumbest arsehole to have ever lived.

Has he ever had a clue about...ANYTHING (?).

Niagara

(12,206 posts)
10. I honestly believe his handlers lie to him to get him to take these tests
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:51 PM
Wednesday

I think that they lied to him to get him to take that previous CT scan too. I can't see him willingly going to have medical testing done.

They probably encourage him to take this cognitive tests because it demonstrates how "smart" he is and how no one can get top scores like he can.

Then when the tests are completed, they feed him a line of bullshit while boosting his fragile ego about how smart he is.

I then believe he repeats on social media what they tell him for his ego boost.

I don't believe that he has any control during this term, they just pretend that he does.

PatSeg

(53,676 posts)
19. Oh my god, I think you're right
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:56 PM
Wednesday

That would explain why he keeps going on and on about how he aced the test while pointing out that his predecessors haven't taken the test. In his feeble brain, he wants to believe that is because they aren't as smart as him.

Too bad that his handlers couldn't find a way to keep his mouth shut about the tests. He even did this during his first term in a Fox New interview - "Person, woman, man, camera, TV". He is so easy to flatter, often like a small child.

It is scary trying to figure who IS in control and what all they will do. Meanwhile, they can keep him occupied with talk about the ballroom, the reflecting pond, golden decorations, and his triumphal arch (notice that "triumphal" was the word "Trump" in it?)

Niagara

(12,206 posts)
28. When caring for someone with dementia, the caregiver has to use "tricks" to get the person with dementia
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:02 PM
Wednesday

to do things.

A few years ago I had a dementia client and the family wanted them to get up and walk at least once a hour. I wasn't very successful until I discovered that this client was food motivated.

When it got close to lunch time I would ask if they were hungry and the answer was always a positive yes. I would go to the kitchen and pull premade meals out and set all kinds of selections on the counter. I would have them walk to the kitchen to make the selection. I could have just asked and heated up the food, put the food on the plate and brought it to them. Instead, I used food to motivate them to get them up and moving.


Trump is too far gone to realize that his bragging rights on his "tests" isn't the flex that he thinks it is. I can't figure out any other reason why someone would brag about acing cognitive tests except someone using tricks on him and insisting that this will prove that he's a genius.

He literally bragged about passing his CT scan. A person doesn't pass a CT scan, so someone has to convince him to do stuff one way or another and then feed his ego.



Norrrm

(5,731 posts)
33. "as smart as him."
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:58 PM
Wednesday

When Trump insulted Rex Tillerson's intelligence, MENSA offered to monitor an IQ test for Trump.
Donald was smart enough to not accept their offer.
----------------------------------------------------------
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016425479
Trump accidentally called Gavin Newsom "the president of the United States" whilst he was insulting his intelligence.

PatSeg

(53,676 posts)
36. I'd forgotten that about MENSA
Wed May 27, 2026, 10:06 PM
Wednesday

Can you imagine Trump taking a test without pictures?

Response to Norrrm (Reply #33)

Ms. Toad

(38,860 posts)
38. It's not something to brag about -
Wed May 27, 2026, 10:09 PM
Wednesday

Anyone with a modicum of cognitive abilities will get 100%, or close to it.

BUT - assessing cognitive abilities is a required part of every annual exam under Medicare, and most doctors doing eldercare follow the Medicare guidelines even if the patient isn't on Medicare. An assessment isn't made because of signs of dementia - it is just part of care once you hit Medicare age, as part of an overall statutory plan to make sure doctors aren't ignoring signs of dementia.

The assessment doesn't have to be made using a test - so most people aren't even aware they are being assessed. But if the doctor chooses to use a test (rather than just make an assessment based on interactions during the visit), the MOCA test is the one most frequently used

And the test is just a screening test. It does not measure progress (aside form gross changes). (My spouse, who has been on two dementia medications for at least a decade, scores 100% on the exam.)

Ocelot II

(131,430 posts)
4. Nobody thought it was necessary to ask Obama or Biden to identify a lion, a giraffe and a rhino
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:30 PM
Wednesday

or draw the hands on a clock.

Coventina

(29,979 posts)
5. This is what is known as a classic "Self-own"
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:30 PM
Wednesday

Just like the guy who didn't understand the song "WAP."

Blue Owl

(59,707 posts)
6. Not enough Americans are pointing and laughing at the pedophile
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:37 PM
Wednesday

He should be laughed off the national stage, for fucks sake….

groundloop

(13,950 posts)
20. I know it's nit picking.... but that's "Felony Convictions"
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:02 PM
Wednesday

The number of felonies he's committed can't be counted.

sop

(19,486 posts)
12. Believing that "acing" 3 Cognitive Tests shows mental superiority just proves Trump needs to take another test.
Wed May 27, 2026, 06:58 PM
Wednesday

BeneteauBum

(840 posts)
15. Two entrants: The loser comes in at second place
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:29 PM
Wednesday

The winner comes at next to last.

Peace ☮️

BeneteauBum

(840 posts)
23. Explained
Wed May 27, 2026, 08:50 PM
Wednesday

Trump ‘wins’ because he’s passed three mental acuity tests. Biden and Obama lose because they didn’t pass these tests……because they didn’t need to. Twisting perspective tp make oneself look better.

Peace ☮️

Figarosmom

(13,803 posts)
17. Ha, why hasn't anyone told him?
Wed May 27, 2026, 07:47 PM
Wednesday

Even his family and crew have to be laughing at him thinking this is a brag.

Dave Bowman

(7,511 posts)
29. He also "aced" STD tests. He was told that he tested positive so he thought that it was a good thing..
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:04 PM
Wednesday

RockRaven

(19,794 posts)
30. He is too mush-brained to understand that being repeatedly subjected to the
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:08 PM
Wednesday

"How mush-brained is he?"-Test is evidence to everyone else of his severe mush-brain, regardless of any score.

Keep the fact of the test quiet, Dotard, if you want to hide your mush-brainedness.

mr715

(4,296 posts)
32. Brilliant
Wed May 27, 2026, 09:57 PM
Wednesday

"Draw a clock sir"

"Which of these is a lion sir"

The questions just get harder and harder.

The dude can't go to the dentist without a doctor going into paroxysms

odins folly

(654 posts)
39. Those two great Presidents
Wed May 27, 2026, 11:44 PM
Wednesday

Have permanent residency in that fuckhead”s brain and will cause him great pain and suffering long into his inevitable slide past full blown dementia and then into drool cup land.

He knows he will never, ever be revered as a great president and they will always be high on the list of great Presidents.

Fuck him…

Response to riversedge (Original post)

Botany

(77,954 posts)
43. Are you kidding me?
Thu May 28, 2026, 04:19 PM
Thursday

Obama top of his class @ Harvard Law.

Biden a professor of Law and Constitutional Law @ the University of Delaware.

Trump flunked out of Fordham and got a back door admission to the University of Penn
where he paid others to do the work for him.

KS Toronado

(23,924 posts)
45. I thought he's bragged about acing 5 or 6 cognitive tests
Thu May 28, 2026, 08:37 PM
Thursday

and now he only remembers 3 of them?

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