“Water drippin’ up the spout, nobody knows what it’s all about, it’s too much man, let it all hang out.” — The Hombres
Donald Trump is letting it all hang out at the Nebraska rally and it is off to a weird start.
Don’t take my word for anything. Just take a look.
Trump: We’ve endorsed Dr.Oz. We’ve endorsed JP right? JD Mandell. He’s doing great pic.twitter.com/wkP3KetanL
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 1, 2022
He loves you, J.D. That’s why he can’t remember your name. You notice how the crowd is holding its breath and you could hear a pin drop?
… And we endorsed Vance? Van Halen? Van Hagar? Van Helsing? Vince Vaughn? Stevie Ray Vaughan? Ivana? She's pretty. If she wasn't my daughter, well we endorsed her. They're all doing really good.
— Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) May 2, 2022
But as usual and like always, it gets worse. Trump just had a senior moment, brain fart, whatever you want to call it and then a couple of minutes later he’s back to his old standby, bragging about passing the freaking cognitive test.
Trump: I said “How tough is this test Ronny? Because these people are calling me bad names. They calling me stupid. They’re stupid Ronny and we gotta end this bullshit” pic.twitter.com/O6w4HHK8pF
— Acyn (@Acyn) May 1, 2022
It’s going to get wild.
I swear Trump has deluded himself into thinking a basic cognitive test is the gold standard requirement for MENSA. (Of course there’s a good chance the dipshit doesn’t know what MENSA is!) Actually, the more he brags about this the more I equate him to a character from an early 1960s Beyond The Fringe sketch – I Could Have Been a Judge. It’s a guy (clearly not the brightest of bulbs) talking about how he could have been a judge, but that he “never got the Latin.” He goes on to talk about how rigorous the examination to become a judge is and it’s hillarious.
Then he moves to what he actually does for a living which is coal mining. He goes on to note the complete lack of rigor in the exam to become a miner. He says they only ask one question – “Who are you?” Then he proudly says “I got seventy-five percent on that one!”
That my friends is Trump.
Can you find that sketch? That sounds perfect. I don’t know WHY he keeps going back to that fricking test.
Because it’s the only one he has ever passed on his own???
That’s got to be it. It sticks out in his memory. He probably wanted to run hire somebody for the test and was amazed he could pass it himself.
Are we SURE he “passed on his own?”
Was the test actually recorded by an impartial observer so that any cheating would be caught?
Or, is it far more likely that he had a “coach” feeding him answers?
I mean, I only recall his displaying the test results and talking about how “great” he did but I don’t remember any video proof showing him taking the test.
Here you go. (If you have time keep listening beyond the part I referenced)
I’m 79 and I take that test every year and I pass every year. All it’s for is to test your memory. Getting some answers wrong,it means your memory has lost some, usually short term memory. Loss of short term memory is a sign to say watch out for dementia. They don’t give grades. They compare your memory from a year ago. Another sign is whether you can draw a clock and set the hands to the time they tell you,like 11:15. People with dementia can’t draw a clock.
As ever, I defer to Bill Palmer’s description of Mango Mussolini these days: “three quarters senile and half dead.” He spent decades abusing his body before COVID finished the job of ruining his health. When, not if, the majority of his endorsed candidates flop in the fall, the GQP will know he’s about as worthy of fear as the Russian conventional military.