Donald Trump has revealed that he was forced to name animals during his cognitive tests amid fears for his declining health. The US president once again bragged that he “aced” the three exams and is in “perfect health”, despite images recently surfacing of him appearing to fall asleep in cabinet meetings.
He said: “I did something no other president’s ever done. I took cognitive tests because I know that and by the way, not easy.” Mr Trump claimed that his predecessor, Joe Biden, would have failed the tests, which involved identifying animals such as fish and lions. He said: You get to those last questions, those last 10, 15 questions…and I aced them.
“And no other president’s taken a cog–… Could you imagine sleepy Joe taking a cognitive test?
“The first question is like, ‘What is this?’ And they show a lion, a giraffe, a fish, and a hippopotamus. And they say, ‘Which is the giraffe?'”
“I don’t think Joe would have gotten the first question right. He would say hippo – I want the hippo … I’ve taken now three cognitive tests. I’ve aced every single one of them.”
Despite his bragging, Mr Trump did admit that his cognitive abilities won’t always be “100%”.
He added: “There will be a time when perhaps I won’t be 100%. When that time comes, I’ll let you know about it.
“In fact, you probably will find out about it just by watching. But that time is not now because I feel the same that I’ve felt for 50 years, I really do.”
Concerns for the president’s health remain, particularly after stumbling over his words during a TV address earlier this week.
When announcing that money is “on the way” to military service members, he mispronounced the numbers.
Mr Trump was meant to say more than 1,450,000 military service members will receive a “warrior dividend before Christmas”, but actually said “one thousand four hundred and fifty thousand… Think of this, one million four hundred and fifty thousand”.
