Donald Trump Offers to Take Cognitive Test With Joe Biden: "I Will Go With Him"
"From now on, all presidential candidates should be mandated to take a cognitive test," Trump said.
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Published July 12 2024, 4:35 p.m. ET
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Following a lackluster debate that left constituents less than impressed, it seems that no one is looking forward to this year's election. Plus, between Joe Biden's strange mannerisms and Donald Trump's hush-money case, our options aren't looking great. They're both in their later years, with Biden sitting at 81 and Trump sitting at 78, and in truth, folks are beginning to question whether either one of these presidential hopefuls are really qualified to hold office.
However, on July 12, 2024, Donald Trump posted something on his social media pages that has the internet intrigued: The former president has offered to take a cognitive test alongside Biden. "For the first time, we'll be a team," he said.
Here's the scoop.
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Donald Trump offers to take cognitive test with Joe Biden.
In a post made on Trump's personal Instagram page, the former president made a statement that, honestly, shouldn't be ignored.
"Joe [Biden] should immediately take a cognitive test, and I will go with him and take one also," he stated. "For the first time we’ll be a team, and do it for the good of the country." This post comes after weeks of Biden's mental and physical fitness being called into question regarding his ambitions to be reelected.
The post continued, "From now on, all presidential candidates should be mandated to take a cognitive test and aptitude test, regardless of their age!"
Donald Trump's statement has stoked the fires of an online debate.
While the comments on Trump's Instagram post have since been turned off, that hasn't stopped people on other social media platforms from discussing the statement.
One supporter on X wrote, "Donald Trump is inviting Joe Biden to take a cognitive test with him for the good of the country. And Joe Biden will decline because he is senile."
However, some believe that Trump would only be making himself look bad if Biden were to go through with this plan: "Trump playing with fire here. This is still a net-positive risk for Biden to accept, even in his diminished state. Biden probably beats Trump on a cognitive test — even on a bad day," another person posted.
Only time will tell whether or not this proposal will come to fruition, but this isn't the first time that the idea of a cognitive test has come to the forefront of political conversation. In fact, Trump recently told Sean Hannity that he took a cognitive test and "aced" it in a bid to appease the "radical left." He stated that the doctors at the medical center were "very surprised" by his result.