“I stated to the physician, it was Dr. Ronny Jackson. I stated, ‘Is there some type of a check, an acuity check?’” Mr. Trump recalled on Wednesday.
“I stated to the physician, it was Dr. Ronny Jackson. I stated, ‘Is there some type of a check, an acuity check?’” Mr. Trump recalled on Wednesday. “And he stated, ‘There really is,’ and he named it, no matter it may be.”
Then the president elaborated for a number of minutes.
“It was 30 to 35 questions,” Mr. Trump stated. “The primary questions are very simple. The final questions are way more tough. Like a reminiscence query. It’s, like, you’ll go: Individual. Girl. Man. Digicam. TV. So they are saying, ‘May you repeat that?’ So I stated, ‘Yeah. It’s: Individual. Girl. Man. Digicam. TV.’”
“‘OK, that’s excellent. In case you get it so as you get further factors,’” Mr. Trump stated a health care provider advised him. “OK, now he’s asking you different questions, different questions, after which, 10 minutes, 15, 20 minutes later they are saying, ‘Do not forget that first query — not the primary — however the 10th query? Give us that once more. Are you able to try this once more?’”
“And also you go: ‘Individual. Girl. Man. Digicam. TV,’” Mr. Trump stated. “In case you get it so as, you get further factors.”
“They stated no person will get it so as,” Mr. Trump stated. “It’s really not that simple, however for me, it was simple. And that’s not a simple query. In different phrases, they ask it to you, they offer you 5 names and it’s important to repeat ’em. And that’s OK. In case you repeat ’em out of order, it’s OK, however, you understand, it’s not nearly as good. However while you return about 20, 25 minutes later and so they say return to that — they don’t let you know this — ‘Return to that query and repeat ’em, are you able to do it?’ And also you go: ‘Individual. Girl. Man. Digicam. TV.’
“They are saying, ‘That’s superb. How did you try this?’” Mr. Trump continued. “I do it as a result of I’ve, like, a very good reminiscence, as a result of I’m cognitively there. Now, Joe ought to take that check, as a result of one thing’s happening. And, and, I say this with respect. I imply — going to most likely occur to all of us, proper? ? It’s going to occur.”
Mr. Siegel didn’t ask follow-up questions.
In an interview broadcast on Sunday, when advised that Mr. Biden was chosen in a Fox ballot because the extra mentally sound candidate, Mr. Trump disputed that discovering and defended his cognitive check outcomes to Mr. Wallace, who stated he had taken the identical check that the president had boasted about acing. Mr. Wallace identified that one of many questions requested to determine an elephant.