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Wednesday 17 January 2018

Incredible, as in, "not credible"

US President Donald Drumpf has shown no abnormal signs following a cognitive exam and is in excellent health, his White House doctor says. "I have no concerns about his cognitive ability or neurological functions," Ronny Jackson said on Tuesday.

"All data indicates the president is healthy and will remain so for the duration of his presidency," he said. "He continues to enjoy the significant long-term cardiac and overall health benefits that come from a lifetime of abstinence from tobacco and alcohol," he added.

When asked by a reporter how a man who consumes fried chicken and Diet Coke and does not exercise could be in good shape, Dr Jackson replied: "It's called genetics... He has incredible genes."

He knows genes, he has the best genes...

Come on. Doesn't the medical exam include tests for being a cunt personality disorders ? The fact that this test apparently doesn't spot something so buggeringly obviously stupid as Trump makes me highly skeptical of its usefulness.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42708826

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  1. Guy has been instructed to lie. Look at his face.

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  2. Mother Nature may intervene. You can't fool Mother.

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  3. Andreas Geisler There's little need for that; his words alone condemn him. The guy is describing an angry orange turd with piggy eyes, tiny hands and hair that looks like a guinea pig that's trying to escape. He may have "incredible" genes, but not in a good way...

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  4. "Cognitive Function" testing tests for Dementia. Nothing else.

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  5. Andreas Geisler​ I am sure he's unhappy when speaking given that expression, but perhaps that is because he is someone who approaches human relations in a hierarchical fashion. To someone like that it may seem right to defend the Trump as President simply because he has been elected President, regardless of his actual fitness.

    The way his interview with CNN concluded rather shows this attitude:

    "He has gone above and beyond what I would consider a requirement to demonstrate his cognitive abilities," Jackson said.

    This following a test that my mom would have passed two years ago. (She now needs help eating in the nursing home due to dementia.) It's a pretty easy test to pass...

    http://edition.cnn.com/2018/01/16/health/montreal-cognitive-assessment-mental-health-trump/index.html

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  6. Alan Peery Above and beyond ... because most people who are not actually borderline to legal incompetence don't need to take a test to show their cognitive fitness.

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  7. Gupta, CNN's medical expert, pointed out that Trump's numbers shows he isn't in perfect health, Trump actually has heart disease, and can expect complications in a certain number of years.

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  8. I don't think Mr T thinks he looks cute in them genes. 😄

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