The President Can Draw a Clock

[douglas9]

Amid growing speculation about President Trump’s unfitness to hold the nuclear codes he has threatened to use, anyone who was suspicious that he could not identify a camel or draw the face of a clock can rest more easily tonight.

This afternoon the president’s physician, Navy Rear Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, said that the president “did exceedingly well” on a test called the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, reporting a score of 30 out of 30.

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is a 10-minute test. It’s one of the commonly used screening exams for dementia. The questions on the test vary in difficulty, but they include:

Six points for knowing the date and where you are.

One point if you can identify what a train and a bicycle have in common, and another for watch and ruler.

Three points for correctly identifying pictures of a lion, camel, and rhinoceros.

Another point if you can repeat the phrase “I only know that John is the one to help today.”


https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/01/the-president-can-draw-a-clock/550610/

[Motley13]

1. They must have given him the questions in advance, so he could study

[Cyrano]

2. Wouldn't have helped.

The doctor is in the military and could easily be forced to say whatever he was told to say. (Like Trump is 6' 3" tall.)

[Motley13]

3. that extra inch is the top of his goofy hair

[Siwsan]

4. The way the whole 'event' was handled, yesterday, destroyed any of its credibility

It was a dog and pony show filled with ridiculous superlatives and toady-ish flatteries, and it demanded that we all ignore what we see and believe only what we hear. What a disgrace. I absolutely believe they are desperate to distract us from what is really going on.

[dawnie51]

5. Damn.....

I took this. Part of an elder screen that my doctor gave me when I began Medicare, requested by the Obama admin. to help screen potential elder pt. problem areas. I had to put hours on a clock face, which I did, and the nurse just smiled and said, you pass. You don't have to do any more of it. If you can face a clock, you're good to go. She said they got so many elderly pts. who had no idea that 3 goes on the right side of the circle, 9 on the left. Some don't even know to put numbers on the clockface period. These are the patients they need to refer for elder help. Apparently I was a happy success for them. But this is hardly qualification for the White House.