Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV
On This Day In 2020
By 2020, signs of Trump’s mental decline had become apparent to several of his aides and millions watching on TV. So Trump took the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test to reassure us. He then bragged about his ability to repeat five words in order: "Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV."
OTDI 2020 those five words went viral, and the t-shirt sales soared. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert had their take on his epic genius
However, Trump’s test is pretty useless for determining whether was capable of leading The Free World; MOCA is used to detect Alzheimer's, not to rule out difficulties with planning or judgment.
Btw, much to his eternal credit, Trump also successfully identified a drawing as being an “elephant.”
2024 update: Of course now, four years later, Trump's mental decline is becoming more evident by the day. After all, he's the oldest person ever nominated by a major party to serve as president.
So, last week the extraordinary commentator George Conway introduced his new site devoted to highlighting Trump's mental illnesses. This should be your premier source going forward for evaluations of his abilities.
Also
New York Magazine compiled six recent bizarre statements of his including praising Hannibal Lecter, the deranged serial killer cannibal from Silence of the Lambs, as a "great man." He's said that one a few times; he also says it about Al Capone.
As the Daily Beast put it, the assassination attempt "has made him even worse." Here, Trump digressed to compare death by shark to death by electrocution.
Chris Hayes gives us a reading of the transcript of Trump's remarks at the RNC
Meidas Touch recently compiled "3 minutes straight of Donald Trump confusing and forgetting people's names, the names of cities he is in and more"
Ron Filipkowski gave us "32 clips from Trump’s two speeches yesterday where he mispronounced words, got confused, mixed up names, forgot names, and babbled insane nonsense."
The House Judiciary Committee made its own montage
One doctor recently observed (from afar) that Trump has started suffering from increased dementia based on "the fundamental breakdowns in his ability to use language."
Humorist Rex Huppke, in USA Today put a tongue-in-cheek point on it, commenting about one of his rallies earlier this month: "During one heartbreaking moment, Trump stopped talking for a full minute while the usual eerie music favored by an unhinged conspiracy group called QAnon played in the background. He sweatily moved his head back and forth and randomly pointed at people, appearing to not know exactly what he was doing....It was tough to watch, but there’s little question the 78-year-old no longer has the faculties needed...for the presidency. It’s now up to Trump’s family and responsible members of the Republican Party to find a way for him to gracefully step aside and let a younger and more competent candidate take over...perhaps Marjorie Taylor Greene."
Dive Deeper on Trump's 2020 MOCA test
Five words go viral, on t-shirts, reports Vogue
New York Times’ Peter Baker provides cognitively sound analysis
