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What's been going on with Trump's Las Vegas rally today? Has he melted down yet? (Original Post) Hekate Jan 2024 OP
Don't know but he's too poor to gamble & there's nothing else to do there. Wonder Why Jan 2024 #1
Maybe he's in casino trying to win it back Captain Zero Jan 2024 #2
You mean The Bellagio won't comp him a few million to gamble away? ProudMNDemocrat Jan 2024 #3
Last night we were all betting on long he could go without another defamation... Hekate Jan 2024 #4
He could visit a strip joint NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2024 #6
I think it was a Nye County supervisor position and not a Nevada legislator position chicoescuela Jan 2024 #13
Article here NameAlreadyTaken Jan 2024 #17
Thank you I was incorrect chicoescuela Jan 2024 #25
Aaron Rupar is covering it on twitter senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #5
2% ? Oh dear God, he's claiming he passed the standard IQ test for Mensa. ... Hekate Jan 2024 #10
Is there a link anywhere to the test he took? Disaffected Jan 2024 #14
Well, yeah, that's why it's so cringe-y. It's to rule out *dementia* not to test IQ... Hekate Jan 2024 #16
That'l likely be next, Disaffected Jan 2024 #21
Yep Hekate Jan 2024 #22
That is the test he took. It's been disclosed. Ms. Toad Jan 2024 #20
Heh, I've aced it five times. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2024 #15
The going on and on about bamagal62 Jan 2024 #29
I am also curious to see how long TFG can go without starting another lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #7
My point exactly Hekate Jan 2024 #11
Now he's saying that he's been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #8
You are right. He should get max coverage. Because. he is truly his worst enemy. OAITW r.2.0 Jan 2024 #28
It's going on right now....spewing lie after lie after lie after lie spanone Jan 2024 #9
He mentioned the sweaty meme! senseandsensibility Jan 2024 #12
You have more stamina than I do. John Farmer Jan 2024 #23
I can hardly even bamagal62 Jan 2024 #30
'Huh?': Trump's multiple 'misfires' at Nevada rally raise questions from onlookers LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #18
TY. I couldn't bear to hunt for it on TV and was hoping DU could help. Hekate Jan 2024 #19
Only took an $83m judgement against Trump to persuade him to not touch the hot stove again LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2024 #24
Who's paying for that plane of his to fly to all these places? Initech Jan 2024 #26
Call the men in the white suits Blue Owl Jan 2024 #27

Hekate

(90,788 posts)
4. Last night we were all betting on long he could go without another defamation...
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:23 PM
Jan 2024

Today’s rally seems like a great opportunity.

NameAlreadyTaken

(981 posts)
6. He could visit a strip joint
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:28 PM
Jan 2024

and maybe a brothel, such as the one out in Crystal, Nevada owned by Dennis Hof ("the Trump from Pahrump" ), where he died and was subsequently elected to the Nevada legislature...

senseandsensibility

(17,126 posts)
5. Aaron Rupar is covering it on twitter
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:26 PM
Jan 2024

Apparently, he's a half hour into his spiel and he hasn't mentioned the defamation case, and he is currently bragging that only two percent of the population could pass the stupid cognitive test he supposedly took. He also whined that the media didn't give him enough credit for passing the test. Edited because I misspelled Rupar's name the first time.

Hekate

(90,788 posts)
10. 2% ? Oh dear God, he's claiming he passed the standard IQ test for Mensa. ...
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:41 PM
Jan 2024

Even if somebody actually told him he was merely given the quick screening test for dementia he doesn’t believe that — his pathetic ego cannot allow that information to enter his universe.

Instead he has to aggrandize it like his “Brand” and his monetary worth, puffing it up with every iteration. He is absolutely cringingly pathetic.

Disaffected

(4,568 posts)
14. Is there a link anywhere to the test he took?
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:57 PM
Jan 2024

Why not disclose it so everyone can see what it actually is?

ETA: Found it:

https://championsforhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/MOCA-8.1.8.2-English.pdf

Looks similar if not the same as the one Trump took. It is absurd to claim that only 2% of the population could pass it.

Hekate

(90,788 posts)
16. Well, yeah, that's why it's so cringe-y. It's to rule out *dementia* not to test IQ...
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 07:45 PM
Jan 2024

He had a medical episode while president. He’s an old man and was sick. His doctor (or somebody) did the appropriate thing and used a short standard screening test, the same way they no doubt gave him an EKG.

And he, Trump, told the entire world that all the tests proved he was Superman. But he, Trump, continues to worry about it — so he cannot shut up. “Joe Biden has lost his marbles. But I, the greatest man in the world, have an IQ in the top 2% of the population.”


There’s only one situation for which the “2%” applies — Mensa, for which a person voluntarily takes a standard IQ test and if they pass in the top 2% they can join by paying a yearly membership fee. Trump heard about it somewhere in his life, and now that he is worried all the time about losing his marbles, he’s dredged up this factoid to apply to himself.

Disaffected

(4,568 posts)
21. That'l likely be next,
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 09:32 PM
Jan 2024

DJT the Mensa member (they asked with tears in their eyes if he would join but he was too busy presidenting).

Ms. Toad

(34,087 posts)
20. That is the test he took. It's been disclosed.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 08:11 PM
Jan 2024

(There are a few versions, but it was one of the versions of the MOCA test).

The test is a gross screening test for dementia. My spouse, who is diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment and on two Alzheimer's medication, regularly passes it.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,749 posts)
15. Heh, I've aced it five times.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:57 PM
Jan 2024

I've had to be in a rehab facility several times for an infection that gets treated with IV antibiotics. Each time as a part of their procedure I've taken the Montreal assessment test. It's a requirement that every patient gets tested.

The test is so easy that it's stupid. The person giving it to me and I giggle while taking it. He's such a baby, it's not like taking the LSAT or MCAT. Or so I'm told

senseandsensibility

(17,126 posts)
8. Now he's saying that he's been treated worse than Abraham Lincoln
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:38 PM
Jan 2024

and that NATO will not be there for us if we need them. This, ladies and gentleman, is why I think his diatribes should be aired instead of ignored. And they should be fact checked. Instead he's yelling into the ether and disengaged voters do not see true insanity of the freak.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,590 posts)
28. You are right. He should get max coverage. Because. he is truly his worst enemy.
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 10:23 PM
Jan 2024

There is a deep seated psychosis going on with this guy.....and he really should not be a viable candidate for POTUS. Just listen to the ramblings of a mad man. What's the truth, Donald?

spanone

(135,872 posts)
9. It's going on right now....spewing lie after lie after lie after lie
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:40 PM
Jan 2024

His 'greatest' hits of bullshit.....I could stand about three minutes of it on C-SPAN

senseandsensibility

(17,126 posts)
12. He mentioned the sweaty meme!
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 06:44 PM
Jan 2024

Apparently it's bothering him. He whined that everyone says he's sweating and said that everyone would be sweating up there, plus they couldn't "speak" the first paragraph. True idiocracy.

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,553 posts)
18. 'Huh?': Trump's multiple 'misfires' at Nevada rally raise questions from onlookers
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 08:03 PM
Jan 2024

TFG's decline and senility was very evident at this speech



https://www.rawstory.com/dementia-trump-questions-misfires/

Donald Trump on Saturday gave a speech in Las Vegas, Nevada, in which he made multiple verbal slip ups and blunders. The internet wasn't forgiving.

The ex-president's speech included an extensive portion about his purported past cognitive tests, as well as a claim that he is smart because he has the "same genes" as his uncle who was a professor at MIT. But that didn't convince numerous onlookers, who were quick to point out Trump's various mistakes.

At one point, Trump said, "We got Mexico to send two thousand, twenty eight thousand troops."

Bruce Heyman, former United States Ambassador to Canada, said it was called "new math." Former federal and state prosecutor Ron Filipkowski called the former president "Dementia Trump." Trump biographer Tim O'Brien wrote, "Numbers and math have never been his strengths." Keith Olbermann wrote, "Your daily dose of Dementia J. Trump."

LetMyPeopleVote

(145,553 posts)
24. Only took an $83m judgement against Trump to persuade him to not touch the hot stove again
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 09:58 PM
Jan 2024

It seems that TFG did not want to tempt another lawsuit. TFG is scared of Carroll's attorneys


Initech

(100,100 posts)
26. Who's paying for that plane of his to fly to all these places?
Sat Jan 27, 2024, 10:05 PM
Jan 2024

That seems like a fact worth knowing.

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