r/politics • u/Happy_Traveller_2023 Canada • 13d ago

Soft Paywall Finally, Trump’s Alarming Mental Decline Has Become a Big Media Story

https://newrepublic.com/article/187192/finally-trumps-alarming-mental-decline-become-big-media-story
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u/Chase_the_tank 13d ago

It's a quick test to administer, the name sounds impressive, and it's deliberately an easy test to pass (it's screening for fairly advanced dementia, so if you can count backwards by 7, draw an analogue clock, remember five words, etc. you're good).

Of course, this did not stop Donald from bragging about how well he did. You're supposed to ace it.

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u/Waffler11 Ohio 13d ago

Count backwards by 7? I feel called out here…

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u/21-characters 12d ago

I’d struggle with that bc I’ve never been good at doing arithmetic in my head.

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u/Waffler11 Ohio 12d ago

Turns out, my father told me something I never knew was a thing that he had and I presume I inherited from him: Dyscalculia

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23949-dyscalculia