(C) Daily Kos This story was originally published by Daily Kos and is unaltered. . . . . . . . . . . Trump admits to cognitive failure [1] ['View Profile', 'Joe Democrat', 'The Boss Gomez'] Date: 2026-04-30 In 2024 I spent 6 months in the hospital due to necrotizing fasciitis, because I had to be on high end narcotics for about 2 months during this they gave me a cognitive test to ensure that the narcotics didn’t mess my brain up. This was not the first time i had known about cognitive tests though, my mom had a stroke in 2019 and had to take one as well, and my stepdad told me how he had to take one when he woke up from his coma in 1989. There is something that is said at the beginning of every cognitive test, or at least at the two I was at and the one I was told of. My grandma, grandpa, two of my uncles, and a few other family members have also had cognitive tests “Take your time, this test is not about passing or failing, it does not determine fitness, it detects failure.” The cognitive test asks simple questions, ones testing your memory, ability to recognize things, patterns, etc… its incredibly simple, so simple that a decently read 5 year old would be able to pass it. What matters is how much time you take and how much you struggle on the recall. You usually only have to take it once unless you have a second incident. My stepdad never had to take a second one after he was released from his coma, I’ve not had to take a second one since I was released from the hospital, and my mom, even after she was determined to have cognitive failure in her speech and motor control parts of her brain has not had to take a second one since 2019. Nobody in my family has had to take a second. The only person I know who has had to take more than one, was a friend of mine who had dementia, and it was only after their dementia worsened. Trump has had to take 3. And bragged about it online, while also claiming he has been President for three terms. The thing is they usually only ask you to take a second cognitive exam if your physician feels your mental capabilities have declined, and only have you take a third if they are really worried about your mental state. Not knowing this and stating this online means that.. 1 – He does not know there is no such thing as “acing” a cognitive exam despite the fact they tell you that at the start of the exam 2 – He does not know that you only take multiple if your mental capabilities actively decline 3 – He is making shit up about what the doctors say, because most people who take cognitive exams get most questions right, because its not about getting the questions right its about the amount of time it takes and the amount of times you stumble or struggle. 4 – He’s likely lying about everything because if he truly believed the tests proved anything he would release the results online. 5 – He’s in active mental decline because he believes he was president for three terms. But I’m not a doctor, I was pre-med at one point but I went for getting different degrees instead because i had a problem with blood. What i am is someone who has been around cognitive tests my entire life, speaking from experience. [END] --- [1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/4/30/800030737/community/trump-admits-to-cognitive-failure/ Published and (C) by Daily Kos Content appears here under this condition or license: Site content may be used for any purpose without permission unless otherwise specified. via Magical.Fish Gopher News Feeds: gopher://magical.fish/1/feeds/news/dailykos/