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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 01:01 PM Oct 2017

Mensa offers to host IQ-test showdown between Trump and Tillerson

Bring on the IQ test — Mensa says it’s willing to host President Trump and secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a battle of the brains.

In an interview with Forbes published Tuesday, Trump suggested he and Tillerson — who allegedly once called the commander in chief a “moron” — go head-to-head in an intelligence quotient showdown. The State Department has denied Tillerson ever made the comments.

“I think it's fake news,” Trump told the magazine of Tillerson’s “moron” remark, “but if he did that, I guess we'll have to compare IQ tests. And I can tell you who is going to win."


http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/354718-mensa-offers-to-host-iq-test-for-trump-and-tillerson

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Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
3. ELECTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 01:14 PM
Oct 2017

Trump turns to his aid, "what is MENSA?"


Assistant thinks for a minute, decides not to explain it to his boss who he knows is a complete moron, and says "Well boss, it is a new chicken sandwich at Jack-In-The-Box"...

Zoonart

(11,868 posts)
4. While on one hand I think this is kind of funny...
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 01:16 PM
Oct 2017

on the other it is increasingly distressing that everyone is treating this administration ike a reality TV show, Mensa included.

Hekate

(90,708 posts)
5. Why not? He can use his old SAT scores if he doesn't want to sit for a proctored exam...
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 01:20 PM
Oct 2017

Altho in the case of a cheater like Trump, maybe his daddy hired someone to sit those exams for him.

The Mad King is such a jackass.

mnhtnbb

(31,391 posts)
6. The problem is not that Trump is stupid (a moron) and the Mensa people should be smart enough
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 01:29 PM
Oct 2017

to realize this. The problem is that Trump is probably a malignant narcissist and sociopath which
makes him unfit to be president. What he needs is a psychiatric evaluation of his ability to
do the job, not an IQ test.

 

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)
13. The Mensa people probably do know.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 03:12 PM
Oct 2017

The media person initiated the contact to Mensa, which, I think, does hold testing sessions even for would-be members who aren't high-ranking government officials. The Mensa spokesperson, when asked, said, yes, we'd test them if they wanted.

The whole image of the Bobby Riggs-Billie Jean King-style showdown, with bright lights and TV cameras, was the reporter's embellishment, not Mensa's.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
9. Brilliant people should know better than to feed a moron troll, abettng Distraction, Inc.
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 01:40 PM
Oct 2017

Trump wants everyone to NOT watch the other hand, like a con artist at a carnival. MENSA is playing into him controlling the narrative, distracting from #TrumpRussia.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
11. It's a dangerous game
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 02:25 PM
Oct 2017

I say they are calling his bluff. You say they are feeding the troll. It's two sides of the same coin. I think that most of us would relish the opportunity to prove he is a moran, and MENSA is setting up that opportunity for us. What would happen if he took an IQ test when he couldn't bribe the proctors? It would take him down several notches for sure. At the same time, however, this does distract from genuine concern. They should know better that he never ever rises to any challenge. Bernie debate? Nope! HRC physical exam? Nope! And still they keep trying.

I don't blame MENSA for offering, but I do wish they were intelligent enough to understand it's all part of his game.

justhanginon

(3,290 posts)
15. Sec'y Tillerson said he is rather busy right now and would like to have
Tue Oct 10, 2017, 03:43 PM
Oct 2017

Neil DeGrasse Tyson sit in for him at the test. He didn't think that should be a problem, with trump being so smart and all.

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