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Donald Trump once again displayed his lack of mental acuity by mistaking a test for dementia for a test for mental acuity.
Stunts like this is why the public's perception is that it's Trump whose mental fitness is in question, not Biden's.
‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ Didn’t Mean What Trump Hoped It Did
The president said on Fox News that he had to remember those words as part of a test that he said demonstrated his mental acuity. But the test, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, is meant to detect signs of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease or other conditions.
Cable television played the president’s performance on a virtual loop on Thursday, and those five words trended online. A group of anti-Trump Republicans instantly produced an online ad mocking the president. T-shirts, sweatshirts, hoodies and other clothing with “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” emblazoned on them were quickly offered for sale. They have in effect become the haiku of the 2020 campaign.
Mr. Biden has the edge upstairs in the view of the public. In a poll by The Hill newspaper with the HarrisX research firm released this week, 56 percent of voters said the former vice president was mentally fit to lead the nation, while just 45 percent said that of Mr. Trump.
Stunts like this is why the public's perception is that it's Trump whose mental fitness is in question, not Biden's.